Question

Mrs canales class is selling pizza to earn money for a field trip. For every pizza sold the class makes $5.35. They have already earned $182.90 toward their $750 goal. How many more pizzas must they sell to earn $750 (algebraic approach) Thanks

Answer 1

They still have to earn:

$750 - $182.9 = $567.1

and if they make $5.35 for every pizza sold:

$567.1 : $5.35 = 106

They must sell 106 pizzas more.

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