Homework Help: algebra

Posted by franklin on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 5:16am.

show the algebraic inequality
The profit for a company is determined by the equation y = 0.02x – 0.30, where y represents the profit and x represents the number of items sold. How many items must be sold so that the profit will be at least $4000?

algebra - Damon, Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 6:25am
I suspect you have a typo but
solve equality first. Any greater number sold gives more profit.
4000 + .3 = .02x
x = 200,000
so
x>200,000
algebra - franklin, Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 6:36am
thank you, that is actually how the word problem was phrased.

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