Problema Solution
kwame sells ice cream cones at the county fair. He has to rent the equipment for $26 and spend $0.43 on ingredients for each cone. How many ice cream cones must he sell at $1.20 each in order to make a profit? Write an inequality that represents how many ice cream cones must be sold to make a profit
Answer provided by our tutors
Profit per cone:
1.20-.43=.77
Inequality:
26-.77n>0
He will make a profit when n is:
n>33.77
Therefore, he will make a profit when he sells 34 cones.