Meena sells apple pies at the farmers market. She charges $12 for each pie. It costs her $5 to make each pie, and there is a $35 fee she must pay each week to have a booth at the market.

Write and solve an inequality to find the number of pies Meena must sell each week in order to make a profit.

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Shannon Ryan

8 February, 22:50

Meena sells apple pies at the farmers market. She charges $12 for each pie. It costs her $5 to make each pie, and there is a $35 fee she must pay each week to have a booth at the market.

Write and solve an inequality to find the number of pies Meena must sell each week in order to make a profit.

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Marc Garner · Answer 1

12x - 5x > 35; Meena must sell more than 5 pies each week to make a profit.

Where sales 12x less costs 5x is greater than $35.

12x - 5x > 35

7x > 35

:7 : 7

x > 5

To check:

Let x be 6; it is greater than 5.

12x - 5x > 35

12 (6) - 5 (6) > 35

72 - 30 > 35

42 > 35

Meena sells apple pies at the farmers market. She charges $12 for each pie. It costs her $5 to make each pie, and there is a $35 fee she must pay each week to have a booth at the market.Write and solve an inequality to find the number of pies Meena must sell each week in order to make a profit.

Meena sells apple pies at the farmers market. She charges $12 for each pie. It costs her $5 to make each pie, and there is a $35 fee she must pay each week to have a booth at the market.

Write and solve an inequality to find the number of pies Meena must sell each week in order to make a profit.