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Shiloh has to earn at least $200 to meet her fundraising goal. She has only 100 cakes that she plans to sell at 5 dollars each. Which inequality shows the number of cakes, x, Shiloh can sell to meet her goal?and why

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Here is the inequality you can enumerate:

5x >= 200, this means the money you sold for cakes must be larger or equal to your goal

x <= 100, this means you cannot sell more than 100 cakes, because you only have 100 cakes

Solve for them, you will get: 40 <= x <= 100
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