SOLUTION: Students in the school band are selling calendars. They earn $0.80 on each calendar they sell. Their goal is to earn more than $400. Write and solve an inequality to find the fewes
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Question 1105027: Students in the school band are selling calendars. They earn $0.80 on each calendar they sell. Their goal is to earn more than $400. Write and solve an inequality to find the fewest number of calendars they can sell and still reach their goal.
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Students in the school band are selling calendars. They earn $0.80 on each calendar they sell. Their goal is to earn more than $400. Write and solve an inequality to find the fewest number of calendars they can sell and still reach their goal.
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Let "x" be the boundary of the needed number.
Equation:
0.8*x > 400
x > 400/0.8
x > 500
Answer:: 501 calendars
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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