Question

Situation #5Mrs. Jimenez makes and sells monogrammed fleeceblankets. It costs her $5.95 for the fabric for each blanketand $175 per month to rent the embroidery machine. Shesells the blankets for $29.95 each. Write an equation orinequality to find b, the number of blankets Mrs. Jimenezmust sell to earn a profit each month.

Answer 1

Given in the question that;

cost of fabric fr each blanket is = $5.95

cost of renting the machine is per month is =$175

selling price per blanket is $29.95

The number of blankets she must sell to earn a profit , b , will be represented by the equation or inequality as;

Cost of producing the blanket = $5.95 + $175 = $180.95

Cost of selling a blanket = $29.95

The number of blankets to sell so as to cover production costs will be;

$180.95/$29.95= 6.04

This is approximately 6 blankets

The minimum number of blankets to sell should be 6 blankets

So for a profit, the number of blankets must be more than 6

Hence ; b> 6

Answer is : b > 6