Question

TWO PART QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alex sells T-shirts. It costs Alex $6.50 to buy each T-shirt.Alex also pays $150.00 each month to rent equipment to add print to the T-shirts. Alex sells each T-shirt for $12.00.

Write and inequality that can be used to determine the number of T-shirts. Alex must sell each month in order to make a profit for the month. ( Assume that Alex sells each T-shirt he buys.)

What is the minimum number of T-shirts Alex must sell in order to make a profit in a given month? ( Assume that Alex sells each T-shirt he buys.)

Answer 1

suppose alex buys T number of t shirts.
what would his income if he sold T t shirts at 12 dollars per shirt?

Answer 2

is this the answer

Answer 3

nope. i'm not giving you the answer. I will ask you questions and you will solve the problem on your own

Answer 4

12T?

Answer 5

yes that is correct. and how much does he spend on T t shirts every month to buy the t shirts at 6.50 and and additional 150 bucks on maintanance?

Answer 6

$149.50

Answer 7

156.5T?

Answer 8

no. hoe did you come up with that answer?

Answer 9

how*

Answer 10

Sry 6.5T+150

Answer 11

who is that you are asking couse their are two people answering this question

Answer 12

yes, king that is correct. very good!

Answer 13

Now?

Answer 14

i am asking all the people eho want to solve the problem

Answer 15

alright. now, he spends 150+6.5T and earns 12T.
so what is the criteria to make a profit? just answer in plain english

Answer 16

$149.50

Answer 17

is the right answer right

Answer 18

no, princess, read the whole thread

Answer 19

T=300/11

Answer 20

king, that answer doesnt answer what I asked. you need to work with me

Answer 21

Sry

Answer 22

so, what is the basic criteria to make a profit?
supose you had an ipod. you bought it for 150 dollars. what is the minimum price you need to sell it at to make a profit?

Answer 23

151

Answer 24

exactly! or more accurately, any amount greater than 150 and you will make a profit, even it is 150.01. agreed?

Answer 25

yup

Answer 26

alright. so what that means is, selling price should be greater than buying price in order to make a profit.
in mathematical lingo,
selling price> buying price.
so can you apply the same logic in the problem we are discussing?

Answer 27

150+6.5T <12T ?

Answer 28

very good! now solve for T!

Answer 29

How?

Answer 30

I don't have understand how you are getting answers

Answer 31

do you know how to solve inequalities?

Answer 32

Not properly wait i'll try

Answer 33

yes

Answer 34

princess, did you read the whole thread? where do you think you are getting lost?

Answer 35

and princess, can you solve the inequality and show the steps for king?

Answer 36

the answer that are you are getting when i get a different answer

Answer 37

T=28?

Answer 38

That is possible as if you substitute you get 332<336

Answer 39

king, remember that this is an inequality. so your answer should be T > 27

Answer 40

Then 5.5T>150?

Answer 41

T>300/11

Answer 42

the fisrt part of the question merely asls for the inequality.
so the answer for the first part is 12 T > 6.5 T + 150.

the second part of the question asks what is the minimum number of T shirts that akex has to sell to make a profit.
since alex cannot sell 27.27 shirts, the next whole number is 28 and therefore T = 28 is the correct answer

Answer 43

27.27 should be rounded of to 27 not 28

Answer 44

Your answer is T>27

Answer 45

YOU HAVE NOT TOLD ME HOW YOU GOT THE ANSWER.

Answer 46

That is he should sell atleast 28 t-shirts

Answer 47

alright princess, lets concentrate on you. suppose you bought 10 T shirts each for 6.5 dollars. how much do you sped on the T shirts?

Answer 48

yes king that is right

Answer 49

K thnx Dhatraditya gtg bye

Answer 50

alright bye

Answer 51

hey princess, are you ready to solve the problem?

Answer 52

YES

Answer 53

awesome! so answer this qujestion for me. suppose you bought 10 T shirts each for 6.5 dollars. how much do you sped on the T shirts?

Answer 54

$65.00

Answer 55

alright good. Now, suppose you sell the T shirts each at 12 dollars, how much money will you make?

Answer 56

$120.00

Answer 57

okay good. now suppose you are pay 150 bucks monthly to keep your clothes shop going. how much would you end up spending every month on rent and the cost to buy 10 T shirts?

Answer 58

$335.00

Answer 59

huh? how did you get that/. can you explain? I am asking for the money you SPEND out of your pocket every month

Answer 60

$66.25

Answer 61

no. that is wrong. You spend 150 per month on rent right?
you spend 65 on buying the shirts right?
so you spend 65 + 150 buckw every month on the store as a whole. with me so far?

Answer 62

65.00 + 150 = $215.00 now what do i do

Answer 63

alright. so you spent 215 dollars on your store. but how much money did you make selling those t shirts?

Answer 64

i do $215.00 _ 65.00 right

Answer 65

no no. remember you bought the t shirts for 6.5 each but you sold them for 12 dollars each. so how much money do you make when you sell 10 t shirts each at 12 dollars?

Answer 66

215.00 + 12.00 =$227.00

Answer 67

dhatraditya are you their