Question

A baseball concession stand sells soft pretzels for $4.50 and bags of popcorn for

$3.25.
If the concession stand sold 137 soft pretzels, how many bags of popcorn would they
need to sell to make at least $1,000?

Answer 1

y ≥ 118

Explanation:

soft pretzels = $4.50

bags of popcorn = $3.25

Let

x = number of soft pretzels sold

y = number of bags of popcorn

The inequality:

4.50x + 3.25y ≥ 1,000

4.50(137) + 3.25y ≥ 1,000

616.50 + 3.25y ≥ 1,000

3.25y ≥ 1,000 - 616.50

3.25y ≥ 383.50

y ≥ 383.50 / 3.25

y ≥ 118

118 bags of popcorn would

need to be sold to make at least $1,000