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Mayerlin needs to order some new supplies for the restaurant where she works. The restaurant needs at least 623 forks. There are currently 223 forks. If each set on sale contains 8 forks, write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine , the number of sets of forks Mayerlin could buy for the restaurant to have enough forks.



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 ≥ 50 sets

Step-by-step explanation:

Mayerlin wants to know how many sets of 8 forks she needs to buy to increase her supply of forks from 223 to at least 623.

Setup

The number of additional forks will be the number of sets (s) times 8 forks each. Mayerlin wants at least 623.

  223 +8s ≥ 623 . . . . . . the inequality

Solution

Subtract 223:

  8s ≥ 400

  s ≥ 50 . . . . . . divide by 8

Mayerlin could by at least 50 sets of forks to have enough.

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