Question

a bakery has a fixed cost of $119.75 per day plus $2.25 for each pastry. the bakery would like to keep its daily costs at or below $500 per day. what is the maximum number of pastries that can be baked each day?

Answer 1

We can set up an inequality.

$119.75+2.25x\le~500$

Subtract 119.75 to both sides:

$2.25x\le~380.25$

Divide 2.25 to both sides:

$x\le~169$

So the maximum number of pastries that can be baked each day is 169.