Write an equation and solve if possible please:

Question

1.) You make 20 silk flower arrangements and plan to sell them at a craft show. Each flower arrangment costs $12 in materials, and your booth at the craft show costd $30. If you sell the arrangments for $24 each, how many must you sell to make at least $100 profit?

2.) If 4.26 Ib of chicken costs $6.77, what would 3.75 Ib of chicken cost?

Answer 1

your profit would be your returns from sales minus the expenses, so ....

if you sell x arrangements

24x - 12x - 30 > 100

solve this inequation