Sarah's youth group is selling candy bars for a fundraiser. The candy bars cost $1.50 each. To date, they have raised $700. Their goal is to raise more than $2,500. How many more candy bars, x, do they need to sell to reach their goal? Select the inequality that includes the smallest number of candy bars they can sell and still reach their goal.

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Sammy Franco

Mathematics

13 March, 00:28

Sarah's youth group is selling candy bars for a fundraiser. The candy bars cost $1.50 each. To date, they have raised $700. Their goal is to raise more than $2,500. How many more candy bars, x, do they need to sell to reach their goal? Select the inequality that includes the smallest number of candy bars they can sell and still reach their goal.

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Rebecca Austin · Answer 1

Goal = > $2500

Amount raised = $700

Amount needed to raise = $2500 - 700 = $1800

Number of candy bars needed = x

Price of a candy bar = $1.50

1.5x > 1800

x > 1800 : 1.5

x > 1200

Answer: They need to sell more than 1200 candy bars.