Question

a bakery has a fixed cost of $119.75 per day plus $2.25 for each pastry. the bakery would like to keep its daily costs at or below $500 per day. what is the maximum number of pastries that can be baked each day?

Answer 1

The answer is C, 119.75+2.25p
`\leq` 169

Explanation:

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Answer 2

We can set up an inequality.


`119.75+2.25x\le~500`

Subtract 119.75 to both sides:


`2.25x\le~380.25`

Divide 2.25 to both sides:


`x\le~169`

So the maximum number of pastries that can be baked each day is 169.