Teddy is solving the following problem: James earns $400 a week plus $5 in tips for each customer he serves. He is hoping to earn more than $1,000 this week.
How many customers would he have to serve to meet his goal? Describe the solutions. Teddy writes the inequality 5x + 400 > 1, 000, where x is the number of customers James serves. Teddy solves the inequality and finds that x > 120.
How should Teddy interpret this solution in the context of the problem? (1 point)
• James needs to earn at least $120 each day this week to meet his goal.
• James needs to earn more than $120 each day this week to meet his goal.
• James needs to serve at least 120 customers this week to meet his goal.
• James needs to serve more than 120 customers this week to meet his goal.
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• James needs to serve more than 120 customers this week to meet his goal.
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