SOLUTION: A school is sponsoring a fundraiser by selling athletic calendars. The total cost of printing the calendar is $440 plus an additional charge of $2.75 per calendar. How many calenda

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Question 1200878: A school is sponsoring a fundraiser by selling athletic calendars. The total cost of printing the calendar is $440 plus an additional charge of $2.75 per calendar. How many calendars must be sold to keep the cost of printing under $5 per calendar?
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A school is sponsoring a fundraiser by selling athletic calendars. The total cost of printing the calendar
is $440 plus an additional charge of $2.75 per calendar. How many calendars must be sold to keep
the cost of printing under $5 per calendar?
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Obviously, it should be

    440%2Fx < 5 - 2.75 = 2.25,

or

    x > 440%2F2.25 = 195.56...


Rounding to the closest greatest integer, you get the final inequality

    x >= 196  calendars.    ANSWER

Solved.