Question

A local charity sponsors a 5K race to raise money. It receives $25 per race entry and $5,000 in donations, but it must spend $5 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 more than $25,000. Show your work!
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Answer 1

they receive 25 per entry but 5 goes towards the cost of the race

 so 25-5 = 20 per entry is for the charity

 so 20x + 5000 = 25000

subtract 5000 from each side

20x= 20000

 divide both sides by 20

 x = 20000/ 20  

x = 1000

 they need at least 1000 entries to make 25000

 so to make more than 25000, they need 1001 entries