8.9. A taco stand sells tacos for $3.25 each. The stand's expenses for the day are $210. Define your variables and write an inequality to represent the amount of tacos they need to sell per day to make a profit, and then solve the inequality. Provide your conclusion as a complete sentence.

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Deborah Baird

7 October, 19:37

8.9. A taco stand sells tacos for $3.25 each. The stand's expenses for the day are $210. Define your variables and write an inequality to represent the amount of tacos they need to sell per day to make a profit, and then solve the inequality. Provide your conclusion as a complete sentence.

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Eli Jackson · Answer 1

The inequality for this problem would be 3.25x > 210 with x representing the number of tacos sold per day. The answer to this inequality would be x = 65 (actually 64.61 but you can't sell half a taco). The taco stand needs to sell at least 65 tacos a day to make a profit.