SOLUTION: Chris rent a booth at a flea market for $120 for one day. At the flea market, Chris sells picture frames each of which cost him $5.00. If Chris sells each picture frame for $11, wr

Question 551248: Chris rent a booth at a flea market for $120 for one day. At the flea market, Chris sells picture frames each of which cost him $5.00. If Chris sells each picture frame for $11, write an inequality that represents the number of picture frames,p, he must sell to make a profit of at least $275 for that day.
Answer by TutorDelphia(193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The rental fee is 120
The profit for each picture frame sold is $6 (11 minus 5)
So his profit is 6*p (the number sold minus 120
The words at least is telling me greater than or equal to

now we can just solve this inequality for p

So he needs to sell at least 66 pictures
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