Question

The band teacher promises his class a pizza party if, during the fall fundraiser, they exceed the fundraising goal of $1,800. The students make $1 for each candy bar sold and $4 for each box of cookies.

Write the inequality in a standard form that describes the situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables.
x = the number of candy bars
y = the number of boxes of cookies

Answer 1

1x + 4y > 1,800

Explanation:

This is the correct answer because if you had put 1x + 4y < 1,800 that would be incorrect bc the inequality is saying that 1x + 4y is less than 1,800. Within this case that would be wrong bc they have to reach the goal of 1,800. It cannot be lower than 1,800 so therefore 1x + 4y > 1,800 represents the correct answer of the goal being reached.