Question

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society sponsors a 5k race to raise money. It receives $55 per race entry and $10,000 in donations, but it must spend $15 per race entry to cover the cost of the race.
Write and solve an inequality to determine the number of race entries the charity needs to raise at least $55,000.

Answer 1

p=people subtract 10,000 already raised from 55,000 profit/p = 40 40p=45000 p=1125 1125 entries