Question

the french club is sponsoring a bake sale. if their goal is to raise at least $135, how many pastries must they sell at $3.00 each in order to meet that goal? write and solve an inequality.

Answer 1

They would have to sell 45 pastries.

Answer 2

45 or more

Explanation:

If x is the amount of pastries they sell, we need to multiply it by $3.00 to know how much they raise. Total earnings: $3.00x

They need to raise at least $135, that is $135 or more.

So, $3.00x has to be greater than $135 or equal.

Written as an inequality is:

$3.00x
`\geq` $135

We divide both sides by $3.00 and we have:

x
`\geq` $135/$3.00 = 45

Therefore, they need to sell 45 or more pastries to meet the goal.