Question

Mrs.Jimez makes and sell fleece blankets. It cost her $5.95 for the fabric for each blanket and 175$ per month to rent the embroidery machine. She sells the blankets for 29.95 each. Find b the of blankets Mrs. Jimez must sell to earn a profit each month. (I just need a equation or inequality)

Answer 1

She makes b blankets in one month.
When she sells them, she receives 29.95b from sales.

Each month she pays $175 for the machine.
It costs her 5.95b to make b blankets in one month.
She spends 5.95b + 175 each month in expenses.

To make a profit, she must receive more money from sales than she spends in expenses, so the inequality you need is

29.95b > 5.95b + 175