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28 May, 10:10

11. Albert started a brownie-making business. He

spent $650 to purchase supplies to get started and

he uses about $2.25 worth of supplies per brownie

made. Albert charges $5 for each brownie. Let b

represent the number of brownies.

What is the minimum number of brownies Albert

will need to sell to make a profit?

Write an inequality to solve this situation and then

solve the inequality.

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  1. 28 May, 13:47
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    2.75b > 650

    Min Number of Brownies = 237

    See below

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Total cost is 650, which he needs to overcome for profit.

    To make profit, albert needs to sell b brownies worth $5 each to overcome 650. and remember, he used up 2.25 per brownies, so his profit per brownie is:

    5 - 2.25 = 2.75

    Thus, how many brownies would make 2.75 greater than 650? We can write an inequality of the form shown below:

    2.75b > 650

    Now, solving, we get:

    2.75b > 650

    b > 650/2.75

    b > 236.36

    So the minimum number of brownies to sell would be 237 brownies
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