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cindy works in a cake shop and earns 42 dollars per day. she earns 4 dollars extra each cake she sells. if cindy wants to earn am least 50 dollars a day which I quality shows the minimum number of cakes n that she should sell

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Hi!

Daily Earnings - $42

Each Extra Cake - $4

She wants to make $50 a day.

50 - 42 = 8

Answer:

She will have to bake 2 extra cakes per day if she wants to make $50 a day.

User Oleg Poltoratskii
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That would be 4x + 42 >= 50 where is the number of cakes sold in a day

4x >= 50-42

4x >= 8

x >= 2

Minimum 2 cakes

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