Question

The Northside Middle School's art club spent $1,792 this year on supplies. They raised $892 with a fundraiser earlier in the year, and want todo another fundraiser selling student art for $10 each. Please determine how many pieces of art need to be sold to at least replace theamount they spent this year. Please complete the inequality below.

Answer 1

The total amount spent is 1792. If the school's art club already raised 892, that means they have yet to raise another 900 (to make up the total).

The $900 shall be made up by selling art for $10 each. Therefore, they would need to sell

`\begin{gathered} \text{Sales}=(900)/(10) \\ \text{Sales=90 units} \end{gathered}`

let the number of units sold be represented by x, hence we would have;

`892+90x\ge1792`