Question

Meena sells apple pies at the farmers market. She charges $12 for each pie. It costs her $5 to make each pie and there is a $35 fee she must pay each week to have a booth at the market.

Write and solve an inequality to find the numbet of pies meena must sell each week in order to make a profit?

Answer 1

12-5=7, and 7times 5 is 35 so Meena needs to make at least 8 pies to make a profit which would be $5