Ethan has a hot dog cart. His hot dogs sell for $3.50 each. He has sold $28 worth of hot dogs so far today. Ethan wants his hot dog sales to be more than $70 today. Write and solve an inequality to represent the number of hot dogs Ethan still needs to sell. Show your work. Then describe the solution set in terms of the whole number of hot dogs Ethan needs to sell.

Ethan has a hot dog cart. His hot dogs sell for $3.50 each. He has sold $28 worth of hot dogs so far today. Ethan wants his hot dog sales to be more than $70 today. Write and solve an inequality to represent the number of hot dogs Ethan still needs to sell. Show your work. Then describe the solution set in terms of the whole number of hot dogs Ethan needs to sell.

Elementary Algebra

17th Edition

ISBN:9780998625713

Author:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Publisher:Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith

Chapter8: Rational Expressions And Equations

Section8.8: Solve Uniform Motion And Work Applications

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