Sharon earns $25 per item she sells plus a base salary of $100 per week. Write and solve an inequality to find how many items she must sell to earn at least $700 per week. Provide your conclusion as a complete sentence.

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anonymous · Answer

|dw:1337821932031:dw| is this right?

oaktree · Answer

Yes, but switch the inequality sign.

oaktree · Answer

$$x \ge 24$$

anonymous · Answer

but i didn't divide with a negative number, so why switch the inequality sign?

anonymous · Answer

oh i get it

anonymous · Answer

it's because 700 is more than or equal to 24?