You want to start a bakery business to earn money. The total amount of money you will invest is $10,000. You will be selling cakes. It will cost you $14 to make each cake.

Question

Write an inequality that represents the cost of making x amount of cakes should not exceed this investment.
Solve the inequality
* Make sure to round to the nearest dollar.

Answer 1

The inequality that represents the cost of making x amount of cakes should not exceed the investment is:

14x ≤ 10000

To solve this inequality, divide both sides by 14:

x ≤ 10000/14

Simplifying,

x ≤ 714.29

Rounding this to the nearest dollar,

x ≤ 714

Therefore, you should make a maximum of 714 cakes to ensure the cost does not exceed the investment.