The French club is sponsoring a bake sale. If their goal is to raise at least $140, how many pastries must they sell at $3.50 each in order to meet that goal?

Answer 1

Hello, Sierra,

Phrase your words in terms of an equation.

Y = 3.5X

where Y is total sales ($140) and X is the number of pastries. You know that to get the total (Y), the number of pastries (X) must be multiplied by $3.5/pastry. Note how the units will cancel in the end to give just pastries

$140 = $3.5/pastriX

X => 40

I used the symbol => since the question said ". . . at least $140, . . ." Anything 40 and over meets this criteria.

Bob