Q:

A trinket factory can produce 3,000 trinkets per day. The warehouse has a capacity of 50,000 trinkets. Currently, there are 8,000 trinkets in the warehouse. Assume that no trinkets are going to be shipped out of the warehouse for a while.1) Write an equation for the number of trinkets T in the warehouse after D days.2) How many days will it take to fill the warehouse?

Accepted Solution

A:
An equation for the number of trinkets in the warehouse after x days:8,000 + 3,000x = 50,000How many days will it take to fill the warehouse?8,000 + 3,000x = 50,0003,000x = 42,000x = 14