Question

Jinny is selling bracelets for $3.50. So far, she has earned $301.00. She needs to earn more than $427.00 in order to meet her goal. How many more bracelets, x, does she need to sell in order to reach her goal?

A.
x > 36
B.
x > 208
C.
x > 86
D.
x > 122

Answer 1

A) x>36

Explanation:

Jinny sells each bracelet for $3.50, so the total amount of money she earns from selling x bracelets is 3.5x dollars.

We know that Jinny has earned $301.00 so far, so we can write the following equation:

3.5x + 301 = goal

where goal is the amount of money Jinny needs to earn in order to meet her goal.

We also know that Jinny needs to earn more than $427.00 in order to meet her goal, so we can write another equation:

goal > 427

Now we can solve for x:

3.5x + 301 > 427

3.5x > 126

x > 36

So Jinny needs to sell more than 36 bracelets in order to meet her goal of earning more than $427.00.