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A woodworker builds a cabinet in 20 hours. The cabinet is sold for $500. Write and solve an inequality that represents the hourly wage the store can pay the woodworker and still make a profit of $100.

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let x = the hourly wage of the worker


the total money paid to the worker is: 20*x


the profit is: 500 - 20*x


the profit needs to be at least $100


500 - 20*x >= 100


by solving we find


x <= 20


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the hourly wage of the worker should not be more then $20 per hour.