Jake wants to earn more than $80 selling ice cream cones from her ice-cream truck. She has already earned $24 selling ice-cream cones. The price of each ice-cream cone is $2. If x repersents the number of ice-cream cones to be sold, which statement represents how many more ice-cream cones Martina needs to sell to earn more than $80? (1) x 28 (2) x = 28 (3) x

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Jake wants to earn more than $80 selling ice cream cones from her ice-cream truck. She has already earned $24 selling ice-cream cones. The price of each ice-cream cone is $2. If x repersents the number of ice-cream cones to be sold, which statement represents how many more ice-cream cones Martina needs to sell to earn more than $80?
(1) x > 28
(2) x = 28
(3) x < 28
(4) x less than or equal to 28

jennychan12 · Answer

$$2x + 24 \ge 80$$
solve for x

anonymous · Answer

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