In order to bring his business to the next level, Christov wants to gain at least 2,000 followers on a popular social media platform. From his own personal account, he knows that each original post gains him approximately 3 new followers and every 5 reposts gains about 1 . Which of the following inequalities represents the numbers of posts, P, and reposts, R, Christov needs to reach his goal of gaining at least 2,000 followers?
Q. In order to bring his business to the next level, Christov wants to gain at least 2,000 followers on a popular social media platform. From his own personal account, he knows that each original post gains him approximately 3 new followers and every 5 reposts gains about 1 . Which of the following inequalities represents the numbers of posts, P, and reposts, R, Christov needs to reach his goal of gaining at least 2,000 followers?
Identify Gain Per Post: Identify the follower gain per post and repost. Each original post gains 3 followers, and every 5 reposts gain 1 follower.
Set Up Total Followers Inequality: Set up the inequality to represent the total followers gained from P posts and R reposts.Followers from posts = 3PFollowers from reposts = 5RTotal followers = 3P+5RChristov needs at least 2,000 followers, so:3P+5R≥2,000
Check Correct Inequality: Check if the inequality is set up correctly and represents the problem statement.The inequality 3P+5R≥2,000 correctly shows that the total followers from P posts and R reposts should be at least 2,000.
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