Question

Ronny is selling coffee mugs for $4.00. So far, he has earned $344.00. Ronny needs to earn more than $392.00 in order to meet his sales goal. How many more coffee mugs, x, does Ronny need to sell in order to reach his sales goal?

Answer 1

25 more cups

Explanation:

1. You need more than $636.00, but you already have $492.00. To find the needed amount of cups needed to sell, you need to find the difference of the two prices first. In other words, you need to subtract the total needed by the amount already raised.

2. You can get the equation, 636 - 492 = 144

3. Now that you have the amount needed, you can divide the number that you got (144) by 6. You divide it by 6 because that is the amount each cup costs.

4. After dividing 144 by 6, you should get 24. This gives your answer for getting EXACTLY 636. However, in this case, you need more to reach your goal. Since you cannot sell fractions of a cup, just raising it by one can reach your goal. We can add one to 24, making it 25.

In conclusion, you need to sell 25 more cups to reach your goal.