Answer:
[tex]s\geq 36[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1, how many knives to buy?
The restaurant already has 262 knives. We can subtract this number from their needed 694 knives to find how many they still need:
[tex]694-262=432[/tex] knives.
Step 2, how many sets of knives?
The restaurant needs to buy 432 knives. We know the knives come in sets of 12, so we can divide to find the # of packs she needs to buy, determined by variable s.
Notice how the restaurant needs to buy a minimum of 694 knives, hence we use a greater or equal than symbol:
[tex]\fbox{\frac{432}{12} \geq s}\\[/tex][tex]s\geq \frac{432}{12}[/tex]
[tex]s\geq 36[/tex]
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