Question

Joe is selling jackets for a school fundraiser.

Each jacket that Joe sells is $15. Joe's goal is to
sell at least $75 and $120 at most. What is a
reasonable amount of jackets that Joe should
sell to reach his goals?

Answer 1

Answer: A reasonable amount of jackets for Joe to sell would be between 5 to 8 jackets.

Step-by-step explanation:

To figure out how many jackets Joe needs to sell, we can divide his sales goal (between $75 and $120) by the cost of each jacket ($15).

If Joe wants to sell at least $75 worth of jackets, we can write this as an equation:

$75 = $15 x number of jackets

To solve for the number of jackets, we can divide both sides of the equation by $15

$75 ÷ $15 = number of jackets

This simplifies to:

5 = number of jackets

So Joe needs to sell at least 5 jackets to reach his goal of $75 in sales.

Similarly, if Joe wants to sell no more than $120 worth of jackets, we can write this as:

$120 = $15 x number of jackets

Dividing both sides of the equation by $15 gives:

$120 ÷ $15 = number of jackets

Simplifying:

8 = number of jackets

So Joe can sell up to 8 jackets to reach his goal of no more than $120 in sales.

Therefore, a reasonable amount of jackets for Joe to sell would be anywhere between 5 to 8 jackets.

easy peasy!