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The FVHS football team is trying to raise money to buy new equipment so the players are selling œBengal Cards for $20 each. If the football team needs to raise at least $3,000 for equipment. Write an inequality to represent the situation and find the least number of œBengal Cards the team must sell?

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Final answer:

To raise at least $3,000, the FVHS football team must sell at least 150 'Bengal Cards' for $20 each, as represented by the inequality 20x ≥ 3000.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking how to write an inequality to represent the situation in which the FVHS football team is selling œBengal Cardsœ for $20 each and needs to raise at least $3,000 for new equipment. Additionally, the student wants to know the least number of cards that need to be sold to meet this goal.

Steps to Solve the Problem

  1. First, let's define the variables: Let x be the number of œBengal Cardsœ sold.
  2. Since each card is sold for $20, raising $3,000 means we have to create the following inequality: 20x ≥ 3000.
  3. Divide both sides of the inequality by 20 to solve for X: x ≥ 150.

Therefore, the football team must sell at least 150 œBengal Cardsœ to raise at least $3,000.

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