SOLUTION: The Booster Club has a goal of raising at least $300. The Club has already raised $150. The Booster Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast and charging $4.00 per ticket. What inequ

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Question 942034: The Booster Club has a goal of raising at least $300. The Club has already raised $150. The Booster Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast and charging $4.00 per ticket. What inequality would represent the number of tickets (t) that the Booster Club must sell to meet its goal?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, robwes2001:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The Booster Club has a goal of raising at least $300. The Club has already raised $150.
They need to raise $150
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The Booster Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast and charging $4.00 per ticket. What inequality would represent the number of tickets (t) that the Booster Club must sell to meet its goal?
Ans:: # of tickets >= 150/4
# of tickets >= 37 1/2
Rounding up get:
# of tickets >= 38
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by robwes2001(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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Question 942034:
the first 'solution' provided does NOT answer the question - providing the number or tickets sold and/or multiplying/dividing numbers to equal a correct number does NOT represent a statement of inequality.
here is the statement of inequality which answers the question:
5t + 75 is equal to or greater than 300