Alissa has $75 worth of bird seed, which she will put out into small bags. she will sell each bag for $7. what is the greatest number of bags she must sell in order to have no less than $10 worth of bird seed left over?

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Gabriel Downs

14 July, 05:43

Alissa has $75 worth of bird seed, which she will put out into small bags. she will sell each bag for $7. what is the greatest number of bags she must sell in order to have no less than $10 worth of bird seed left over?

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Marisa · Answer 1

So basically

x=number of bags

75-7 times x>10

solve fr x

add 7x to both sides

75>10+7x

subtract 10

65>7x

divide both sides by 7

9.2>x

the nearest whole number is 9 because we don't want to go over and we can't sell 9.2 bags

answer is 9 bags