Question

The Booster Club has a goal of raising at least $700. The Club has already raised $50. The Booster Club is sponsoring a pancake breakfast and charging $5.00 per ticket. What inequality would represent the number of tickets (t) that the Booster Club must sell to meet its goal?

Answer 1

5t ≥ 650

Explanation:

First, since the club has already raised 50 dollars, we can subtract that from their goal.

So now, their goal is 650 dollars or more.

Since each ticket costs 5 dollars, 5t can represent the amount of money they will make given a certain amount of tickets purchased.

So, since they want to make 650 dollars or more, we will use the greater than or equal to symbol. (≥)

So, 5 times the amount of tickets is written as "5t," which has to be greater than or equal to $650.

5t ≥ 650