document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156005>Question 156005</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Word problem:  Your final grade in a course is 80% of your current grade, plus 20% of your final exam score.  Your current grade is 83 and your goal is to get a final grade of 85% or better.  Write and solve an inequality to find the final exam scores that will meet your goal </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIONS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "fg = 0.8(83) + 0.2*fe<BR>\n" );
document.write( "fg >= 0.85<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for fg to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.8(83) + 0.20fe >= 0.85, where fe is the final exam score.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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