As a salesman, Audrey earns $75 per week plus $5 per sale. This week, she wants her pay to be at least $125. Write and solve an inequality for the number of sales Audrey needs to make.

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Dangelo Orr

10 March, 17:46

As a salesman, Audrey earns $75 per week plus $5 per sale. This week, she wants her pay to be at least $125. Write and solve an inequality for the number of sales Audrey needs to make.

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Alejandro Lam · Answer 1

Audrey will need to make 10 sales in that one week to make 50 dollars to add on to her 75 dollar in order to have 125 dollars in that one week

Simeon Sweeney · Answer 2

Answer: he needs to make at least 10 sales.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the number of sales that the salesman makes in a week.

As a salesman, Audrey earns $75 per week plus $5 per sale. This means that if he makes x sales in a week, his total earnings would be

5x + 75

This week, she wants her pay to be at least $125. Therefore, an inequality for the number of sales Audrey needs to make is

5x + 75 ≥ 125

5x ≥ 125 - 75

5x ≥ 50

x ≥ 50/5

x ≥ 10