Question

An electronics store makes a profit of $55 for every standard CD player sold and $77 for every portable CD player sold. The manager's goal is to make at least $385 a day on sales of both standard and portable CD players. If s represents the number of standard CD players sold, and p represents the number of portable CD players sold, which inequality and graph represent the manager's daily goal?

Answer 1

how would you start?

Answer 2

try to make an equation?

Answer 3

try

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

i think equation A works best

Answer 6

justify

Answer 7

becuase you add the two profits and the store owners wants greater than or equal to 385

Answer 8

good. so why is A the answer and not D?

Answer 9

becuase he wants as much profit as possible so the line should keep going up?

Answer 10

the assigned variables are not correct in D. therefore, the equation is wrong. and when the equation is wrong, you will represent a wrong graph

Answer 11

55s for standard
77p for portable
option D has 55p and 77s

Answer 12

so the answer is A?

Answer 13

thanks :)