Square root of 2x minus 3 equals 7

Players on the school soccer team are selling candles to raise money for an upcoming trip. each player has 24 candles to sell. if a player sells 4 candles a profit of$30 is made. if he sells 12 candles a profit of $70 is made

Your food costs are $5,500. your total food sales are $11,000. what percent of your food sales do the food costs represent?

Find the value of x. give reasons to justify your solutions! h ∈ ig