A music store is selling posters and CDS. The store profits $3.00 from each poster sold and $5.00 from each CD sold. The store needs to make an average profit of $200 per hour to stay in business. Using x as the number of posters sold and y as the number of CDs sold, write and graph an inequality for the number of each item the store needs to sell to stay in business. If 15 posters are sold, how many CDs must be sold?

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A music store is selling posters and CDS.  The store profits $3.00 from each poster sold and $5.00 from each CD sold.  The store needs to make an average profit of $200 per hour to stay in business.  Using x as the number of posters sold and y as the number of CDs sold, write and graph an inequality for the number of each item the store needs to sell to stay in business.  If 15 posters are sold, how many CDs must be sold?

nikato · Answer

WELCOME TO OPENSTUDY!

and let p=#of posters
and c=# of CDs
and it must make AT LEAST 200 per hour
so

$$3p + 5c \ge 200$$

anonymous · Answer

thank you!!!