Question

A theater charges $5.25 per ticket. The theater has already sold 40 tickets. Write and solve an inequality that represents how man more tickets the theater needs to sell to earr at least $400.

Answer 1

37 more tickets

This is because
40 x $5.25 = $210
77 x $5.25 = $404.25
40-77=37
Therefore the theater needs to sell 37 more tickets.