Question

A taco stand sells tacos for $3.25 each. The stands expenses for the day are $210. Define your variables and write an inequality to represent the amount of tacos they need to sell per day to make a profit, and then slice the inequality. Provide your conclusion as a complete sentence.

Answer 1

Given:

Let P= profit
let n= no. of tacos sold per day

Sol'n:

P= 3.25n-210
the profit needs to be positive, thus

3.25n>210

n>210/3.25

n> 64.615

they can only sell whole tacos, therefore they must sell at least 65 tacos to make a profit and that profit is:

P=3.25n-210

P=3.25*65 - 210

P= 211.25 -210

P= 1.25

$1.25 profit