To find the number of customers James would have to serve to meet his goal, Teddy first needs to determine how much he's earning in tips.
Since James earns $5 in tips for each customer he serves, Teddy needs to find the number of customers he needs to serve to reach his goal of earning more than $1000.
Let's call the number of customers James needs to serve x.
Since James earns $400 in a week regardless of the number of customers he serves, we need to find how much he earns in tips. This can be represented by the equation:
5x > 1000 - 400
Simplifying the equation:
5x > 600
Divide both sides of the inequality by 5 to solve for x:
x > 600 / 5
x > 120
Therefore, Teddy concludes that James would need to serve more than 120 customers in order to meet his goal of earning more than $1000 this week.
Teddy is solving the following problem James earns 400$ in 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
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