Question

Paola and Tom opened a lemonade stand. This week they sold 20 cups of lemonade and received $5 in tips. If they spend $30 on supplies, which inequality could be used to find x, the price of each cup they must sell to make a profit?

Answer 1

20x + 5 < 30

Explanation:

To make a profit, the price on supplies must be less than the amount at which they sold their wares

Since they received $5 in tip, the amount of profit left to be accounted for is 30-5 = 25

So now, we need the smallest price at which they will sell per lemonade to make a profit

Mathematically, that will be;

20x + 5 > 30

Using this inequality X they will know the value of x that will give them profit