Question

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Maria sells shoes. It costs Maria $10.50 to buy each pair of shoes.
Maria also pays $700 each month to rent the store space. Maria sells each
pair of shoes for $50.

Write an inequality that can be used to determine the number of pairs of shoes (s) Maria must sell each month in order to make a profit for the month. (Assume Maria sells each pair of shoes she buys.)

Answer ___________________________

What is the minimum number of pairs of shoes Maria must sell in order to make a profit in a given month? (Assume that Maria sells each pair of shoes she buys.)

Answer 1

The first answer is 50x-10.50x = 700
The second answer is 18

Answer 2

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