Acarpenter has less than 120 min. to spend painting furniture each day. today, he has spent 30.5 min. painting a desk. now he will paint x chairs, each of which takes 12.5 min.
what is the maximum number of chairs the carpenter can paint?
a, 7
b, 8
c, 12
d, 13

exa:

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3+11

14

step-by-step explanation:

from this example, we can see that subtracting with integers is the same as adding the opposite. we can solve using a number line or by using the saying "keep, change, change" to us solve. it is important to remember that we can subtract a negative and end up with a larger number than we started with.