Question

The swimming team is hosting a fund raiser. They would like to raise at

least $1100. They are selling candles for $5 and flower arrangements for
$7. The team estimate that at most they will sell 200 items. 140 candles
have been sold. Use your graph to determine the least possible number
of flower arrangements that must be sold in order for the girls to reach
their goal of at least $1100. (Write only the number.)

Answer 1

To reach a fundraising goal of at least $1100 after selling 140 candles, the swimming team needs to sell at least 58 flower arrangements, as each arrangement sells for $7 and they have already made $700 from candle sales.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves calculating the minimum number of flower arrangements that must be sold by the swimming team to reach their fundraising goal of at least $1100, given that they have already sold 140 candles at $5 each.

First, we calculate the revenue from the candles: 140 candles × $5 per candle = $700. The team needs to raise at least $1100, so the remaining amount needed is $1100 - $700 = $400.

Each flower arrangement is sold for $7. To find the least number of flower arrangements needed to raise the remaining $400, we divide the remaining amount by the price per flower arrangement: $400 ÷ $7 per flower arrangement ≈ 57.14. Since they can't sell a fraction of an arrangement, they need to sell at least 58 flower arrangements.

Answer 2

The least possible number of flower arrangements that must be sold is 58.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine the least possible number of flower arrangements that must be sold in order for the swimming team to reach their goal of at least $1100, we need to consider the amount of money already raised from selling candles.

Since each candle is sold for $5 and 140 candles have already been sold, the total amount of money raised from selling candles is 140 x $5 = $<<140*5=700>>700.

The swimming team's goal is to raise at least $1100, so the remaining amount they need to raise is $1100 - $700 = $<<1100-700=400>>400.

Since each flower arrangement is sold for $7, we can calculate the least possible number of flower arrangements that must be sold to reach the remaining goal of $400 by dividing $400 by $7. This gives us 400/7 = <<400/7=57.14285714>>57.14285714.

Since we cannot sell a fraction of a flower arrangement, the least possible number of flower arrangements that must be sold is 58.