Students are selling candy bars. They earn $0.50 for each one they sell. They want to earn at least $455.

Write and solve an inequality to find the fewest candy bars they need to sell to reach their goal.

so each candy bar is .50 and they want to reach 455.00
we see how many .50's can go into 455.00
we notice that .50 times 2=1 so if we multiply the 455 1's by 2 we get how many candy bars to sell or 910.00

Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-06-10

Let's use C as a variable for the number of candy bars they sell. 0.50C=455
To get what C is you have to divide both sides of the equation by 0.50, or half.
Dividing by half is the same as multiplying by 2, so 455 times 2 is 910.
C=910.

Answered by krj275106 | 2024-06-10

Students must sell at least 910 candy bars to earn a minimum of $455 because they earn $0.50 for each bar sold. The inequality set up for this problem is 0.50 x ≥ 455 . Solving it leads us to the conclusion that x ≥ 910 .
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Answered by apologiabiology | 2024-12-26