Answer:
The soccer team must wash 49 cars in order to gain at least $300.
Step-by-step explanation:
The soccer team started out by paying $84.55. They charge $8 per car wash. So let's say how many cars they washed was x. They need to gain at least $300 dollars. If we put this in an equation it looks like this (we are solving for x):
8x - 84.55 >or= 300
To find x we have to do the following steps:
8x - 84.55 >= 300
+ 84.55 + 84.55
8x >= 384.55
/8 /8
x >= 48
Now we have to make sure that this is correct:
8 * 48 - 84.55 = ?
384 - 84.55 = 299.45
Since 299.45 is less than 300, x must be greater than 48, but since 299.45 is so close to 300, my educated guess would be that x=49.
8 * 49 - 84.55 = ?
392 - 84.55 = 307.45
Since 307.45 is greater than 300, x=49. So we can conclude that they must wash 49 cars to profit at least $300.
