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solving inequalities in real life 5. Dennis is selling chocolate bars for a fundraiser, and if he sells over $175 worth of candy, he'll win a prize. If chocolates sell for $2.50 a bar, and Dennis has already sold $40 worth of candy, then how many more bars does he have to sell in order to win a prize? 6. The a roller-cod inches ta grows ab months w coaster?

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Start by putting the inequality in the form


ax+c>d

in this case c wil be how much he has sold, and d will be how much he needs to sell, and a is the price for the bar.

it would look like this


2.5x+40>175

solve it like a regular equation


\begin{gathered} 2.5x>175-40 \\ 2.5x>135 \\ x>(134)/(2.5) \\ x>54 \end{gathered}

He will have to sell over 54 bars to win the prize.

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