First to form an inequality based on given condition and then solving it for unknown variable x, representing almost bags required to sell in order to reach the goal.
Answer to Problem 17PT
At least 70 bags are required or
Explanation of Solution
Given information: A community wants to raise at least $4000 for a park. $150 is already given as donation and bags are being sold at the rate of $55 per bag to reach to the goal.
Formula/Concept used: Based on given information, required inequality will be set as :
Total donation + price of one bag × total bags sold = total raised fund
And accordingly inequality is set as :
Calculation: On subtracting 150 each side and then on dividing each side by 55,
Or,
Conclusion: At least 70 bags to be sold or option J is correct answer.
Chapter 5 Solutions
Pre-Algebra Student Edition
Additional Math Textbook Solutions
Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)
University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (4th Edition)
Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)
Elementary Statistics (13th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (6th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780134463216Author:Robert F. BlitzerPublisher:PEARSONContemporary Abstract AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305657960Author:Joseph GallianPublisher:Cengage LearningLinear Algebra: A Modern IntroductionAlgebraISBN:9781285463247Author:David PoolePublisher:Cengage Learning
- Algebra And Trigonometry (11th Edition)AlgebraISBN:9780135163078Author:Michael SullivanPublisher:PEARSONIntroduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth EditionAlgebraISBN:9780980232776Author:Gilbert StrangPublisher:Wellesley-Cambridge PressCollege Algebra (Collegiate Math)AlgebraISBN:9780077836344Author:Julie Miller, Donna GerkenPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education