Question

in order to raise money to attend upcoming competitions, the debate team at lanberry high school is selling apple cider and hot chocolate at a basketball game. they hope to make at least $320 in revenue at tonights game, with hot chocolate selling for $0.94 and hot apple cider selling for $1.75. write the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. use the given numbers and the following variables. x = the number of hot chocolates sold y = the number of apple ciders sold

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate revenue from hot - chocolates

The revenue from selling $x$ hot chocolates at $0.94$ dollars each is $0.94x$.

Step2: Calculate revenue from apple ciders

The revenue from selling $y$ apple ciders at $1.75$ dollars each is $1.75y$.

Step3: Set up the inequality

The total revenue is the sum of the revenue from hot - chocolates and apple ciders, and they hope to make at least $320$ dollars. So the inequality is $0.94x + 1.75y\geq320$.

Answer:

$0.94x + 1.75y\geq320$