Question

A farmer pays $50 to rent a booth at a farmers market. She is selling watermelons for $8 each. At the end of the day, she wants to have earned at. least $200 after she pays to rent the booth. How many watermelons does the farmer need to sell?

Answer 1

Let x be the number of watermelons the farmer needs to sell to earn at least $200.

The amount of money earned from selling x watermelons is 8x dollars.

After paying $50 to rent the booth, the farmer's profit is 8x - 50 dollars.

The problem states that the farmer wants to earn at least $200, so we can set up the following inequality:

8x - 50 ≥ 200

Adding 50 to both sides, we get:

8x ≥ 250

Dividing both sides by 8, we get:

x ≥ 31.25

Since the number of watermelons must be a whole number, the farmer needs to sell at least 32 watermelons to earn at least $200 after paying for the booth.