Question

Colin's swim team sells hot dogs for $3 to raise money for the team. The team spends $226 on hot dogs, hot dog buns, condiments, and paper supplies before each meet. If their goal is to raise at least $500 at each event, how many hot dogs does the team need to sell to reach their goal?

Answer 1

Colin’s swim team sells hotdogs for $3 to raise money for the team. The team spends $226 on hotdogs, hotdog buns, condiments, and paper supplies before each meet. If their goal is to raise at least $500 at each event, the inequality below can be used to calculate h , the number of hotdogs they need to sell to reach their goal.

Answer 2

Add to get the total for supplies and the amount they need to raise $226 +$500 = $726 then divide $726÷3= 242. They would have to sale 242 hot dogs to pay for supplies and to raise their goal of $500.