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The French club is sponsoring a bake sale. If their goal is to raise at least $135, how many pastries must they sell at $2.50 each in order to meet that goal? Write and solve an inequality.
The French club is sponsoring a bake sale. If their goal is to raise at least $135, how many pastries must they sell at $2.50 each in order to meet that goal? Write and solve an inequality.
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GPT-4o mini
To determine how many pastries the French club needs to sell to meet their goal of raising at least $135, we can set up an inequality.
Let \( x \) be the number of pastries sold. The price for each pastry is $2.50. Therefore, the total amount raised from selling \( x \) pastries can be expressed as:
\[
2.50x
\]
We want this amount to be at least $135, which gives us the inequality:
\[
2.50x \geq 135
\]
To solve for \( x \), we can divide both sides by 2.50:
\[
x \geq \frac{135}{2.50}
\]
Calculating the right side:
\[
\frac{135}{2.50} = 54
\]
So, we have:
\[
x \geq 54
\]
This means the club must sell at least 54 pastries to meet their goal of raising at least $135.
Let \( x \) be the number of pastries sold. The price for each pastry is $2.50. Therefore, the total amount raised from selling \( x \) pastries can be expressed as:
\[
2.50x
\]
We want this amount to be at least $135, which gives us the inequality:
\[
2.50x \geq 135
\]
To solve for \( x \), we can divide both sides by 2.50:
\[
x \geq \frac{135}{2.50}
\]
Calculating the right side:
\[
\frac{135}{2.50} = 54
\]
So, we have:
\[
x \geq 54
\]
This means the club must sell at least 54 pastries to meet their goal of raising at least $135.