Mac sold 145 cookies at a fundraiser. He sold chocolate chip cookies for
$1.50 each and peanut butter cookies
for $2.00 each. He raised $241 in all.
Which system of equations can be
used to find c, the number of
chocolate chip cookies, and p, the
number of peanut butter cookies,
Mac sold at the fundraiser?

x ≥ 18 is your answer

step-by-step explanation:

let "a number" = x

(2/3)x + 17 ≥ 29

isolate the variable (x). do the opposite of pemdas (parenthesis, exponent (& root), multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).

first, subtract 17 from both sides.

(2/3)x + 17 (-17) ≥ 29 (-17)

(2/3)x ≥ 29 - 17

(2/3)x ≥ 12

next, multiply 3/2 to both sides to isolate the x

(3/2)(2/3)x ≥ 12(3/2)

x ≥ 12(3/2)

simplify. multiply, then divide

x ≥ (12 * 3)/2

x ≥ (36)/2

x ≥ 18

x ≥ 18 is your answer

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