SOLUTION: As a salesperson at Auto Mart, you are paid $50 per week plus $3 per sale. This week you want your pay to be at least $100. Write an inequality for the number of sales you need to

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Question 677137: As a salesperson at Auto Mart, you are paid $50 per week plus $3 per sale. This week you want your pay to be at least $100. Write an inequality for the number of sales you need to make, and describe the solutions.
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) About Me  (Show Source):
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3s%2B50+%3E=100
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3s+%3E=+100-50
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3s+%3E=+50
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3s%2F3+%3E=+50%2F3
s+%3E=+16.67
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highlight_green%28s%3E=+17%29
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Check, with 16 sales,
3(16)+50 = 98, not the desired 100
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Check, with 17 sales
3(17)+50 = 101, just over the desired 100
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