SOLUTION: Write it as an inequality, please. The student government can sell a total of 400 tickets to a basketball game. An adult ticket costs $3 and a student ticket costs $2. What is

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Question 636598: Write it as an inequality, please.
The student government can sell a total of 400 tickets to a basketball game. An adult ticket costs $3 and a student ticket costs $2. What is the minimum number of adult tickets that must be sold if the student government wants to collect at least $1100?
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Write it as an inequality, please.
The student government can sell a total of 400 tickets to a basketball game. An adult ticket costs $3 and a student ticket costs $2. What is the minimum number of adult tickets that must be sold if the student government wants to collect at least $1100
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let x=minimum no. of adult tickets must be sold
400-x=minimum no. of student tickets must be sold
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3x+2(400-x)≥1100
3x+800-2x≥1100
x≥300
minimum no. of adult tickets must be sold=300