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A team hosting an event to raise money for new uniforms plans to sell at least tickets before this event and at least tickets during this event to raise a total of at least from all tickets sold. The price of a ticket during this event is less than the price of a ticket before this event. Which inequality represents this situation, where is the price, in dollars, of a ticket sold during this event?
Explanation
Choice B is correct. It’s given that a team plans to sell at least tickets before an event and at least tickets during the event to raise a total of at least from all tickets sold. It’s also given that the price of a ticket during the event is less than the price of a ticket before the event and that represents the price, in dollars, of a ticket sold during the event. It follows that represents the price, in dollars, of a ticket sold before the event. The expression represents the planned revenue, in dollars, from the tickets sold before the event, and the expression represents the planned revenue, in dollars, from the tickets sold during the event. Thus, the expression represents the planned revenue, in dollars, from all tickets sold. Since the team plans to raise a total of at least from all tickets sold, the total revenue must be at least . Therefore, the inequality represents this situation.
Choice A is incorrect. This inequality represents a situation in which the team raises a total of at most from all tickets sold.
Choice C is incorrect. This inequality represents a situation in which the price of a ticket before the event is less, rather than more, than the price of a ticket during the event and the team raises a total of at most from all tickets sold.
Choice D is incorrect. This inequality represents a situation in which the price of a ticket before the event is less, rather than more, than the price of a ticket during the event.