A restaurant owner needs to order at least 176 filet mignon steaks to be stocked for a busy Friday night. He only has room to store 321 steaks in his refrigerator. Model the number of steaks the restaurant owner can order, using a compound inequality.

Question

a x ≥ 176 and x ≤ 321
b x ≤ 176 and x ≥ 321
c x ≤ 176 and x ≤ 321
d x ≥ 176 and x ≥ 321

Answer 1

The correct answer is d) x ≥ 176 and x ≤ 321.

This compound inequality means that the number of steaks ordered must be greater than or equal to 176 and less than or equal to 321 in order to be stocked for the busy Friday night.