SOLUTION: the french club is sponsoring a bakesale. if their goal is to raise atleast $140,how many pastries must they sell at $3.50 each in order to meet their goal? write and solve an ineq

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Question 224051: the french club is sponsoring a bakesale. if their goal is to raise atleast $140,how many pastries must they sell at $3.50 each in order to meet their goal? write and solve an inequality
Answer by LtAurora(115) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since they want to make at least $140, that amount is the minimum and any amount greater than $140 is also an acceptable profit. So, the sign of the inequality will be a greater than or equal to sign. The inequality set-up will be:
140%3E=3.50%2Ax
Where x represents the number of pastries that need to be sold.
To solve this we simply need to divide both sides by $3.50 to get x by itself.
When we do this we find that in order to make $140, the french club must sell at least 40 pastries.