Envision Math 2.0: Grade 7, Volume 2
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Exercise 1 Page 304

Use the information from the exercise to write an inequality. Recall the properties of inequalities to solve it.

21 or more T-shirts

Practice makes perfect
We want to find how many more T-shirts the school band has to sell to reach or exceed their goal. From the exercise, we know that they have already raised $45 and that they get $5 for each T-shirt sold. Let's use x to represent the number of T-shirts sold in our expression. Amount of money raised = 45 + 5 * xWe also know that the band's goal is $ 150. This means that want to raise at least $ 150. Now, we can finish our inequality. 45 + 5 * x ≥ 150 Next, we will solve the inequality we created using the properties of inequalities. Let's do it!
45+5x ≥ 150
45+5x- 45≥ 150- 45
5x ≥ 105
5x/5 ≥ 105/5
x ≥ 21
We found that the school band has to sell at least 21 more T-shirts to reach their goal.