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Your sister's store is given $200 to start off, and makes a $40 profit every week afterwards. Write an inequality to find the minimum number of weeks it will take your sister to have a profit of 100
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\n" ); document.write( "Use the standard form of equation for a straight line: y=mx+b, m=slope, b=y-intercept
\n" ); document.write( "For given problem:
\n" ); document.write( "slope,m=$40/week
\n" ); document.write( "y-intercept,b=-$100
\n" ); document.write( "x= minimum number of weeks it will take your sister to have a profit of 100
\n" ); document.write( "inequality:
\n" ); document.write( "40x-200>100
\n" ); document.write( "40x>300
\n" ); document.write( "x>7.5 weeks \n" ); document.write( "

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