Marisa, an art gallery owner, gets 40% of the gallery's total monthly sales, s, in dollars. Her monthly expenses for running her business are $2,500, and she hopes to make a profit of at least $1,000 per month. If profit is defined as the amount earned from sales minus monthly expenses, which of the following inequalities best describes this situation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 0.40s−2,500≥1,000(B) 0.40s+2,500≥1,000(C) 0.40(s−2,500)≥1,000(D) 0.40(s+2,500)≥1,000
Q. Marisa, an art gallery owner, gets 40% of the gallery's total monthly sales, s, in dollars. Her monthly expenses for running her business are $2,500, and she hopes to make a profit of at least $1,000 per month. If profit is defined as the amount earned from sales minus monthly expenses, which of the following inequalities best describes this situation?Choose 1 answer:(A) 0.40s−2,500≥1,000(B) 0.40s+2,500≥1,000(C) 0.40(s−2,500)≥1,000(D) 0.40(s+2,500)≥1,000
Calculate Marisa's Earnings: Determine the amount Marisa earns from the gallery's total monthly sales. Marisa earns 40% of the total monthly sales, s. To find the amount she earns, we multiply the total sales by 40%, which is the same as multiplying s by 0.40. This gives us 0.40s.
Determine Marisa's Profit: Calculate Marisa's profit. Profit is defined as the amount earned from sales minus monthly expenses. Marisa's monthly expenses are $2,500. Therefore, her profit would be the amount she earns from sales 0.40s minus her expenses $2,500, which is represented by the expression 0.40s−2,500.
Set Profit Inequality: Set up the inequality for Marisa's desired profit.Marisa hopes to make a profit of at least $1,000 per month. This means her profit should be greater than or equal to $1,000. The inequality that represents this situation is 0.40s−2,500≥1,000.
Verify Against Options: Verify the inequality against the provided options.Comparing the derived inequality with the given choices, we see that option (A) 0.40s−2,500≥1,000 matches our calculated inequality.
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