Shannon is selling boxes cookies and candy for a fundraiser. She's sold each box of cookies for $5.25. She also sold one one box of candies for $8.75.

Shannon set a goal to sell at least $200 of cookies and candies for her fundraiser.

What was the minimum boxes of cookies Shannon needed to sell to reach her goal?

The minimum boxes of cookies is 39

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x ----> the number of boxes of cookies sold

y ----> the number of boxes of candies sold

we know that

The word "at least" means "greater than or equal to"

so

The inequality that represent this problem is

The solution is the shaded area above the solid line  

using a graphing tool

The solution is the shaded area -----> see the attached figure

Find out the minimum boxes of cookies needed to sell to reach the goal

assuming only cookies are sold

For y=0

solve for x

Round up

therefore

The minimum boxes of cookies is 39

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step-by-step explanation: