document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175845>Question 175845</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A tennis club offers two payments:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Option 1: $42.00 monthly fee plus $5/hour for court rental.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2: No monthly fee but $8.50/hour for court rental.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=hours per month of court rental time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)  Write a mathematical model representing the total monthly cost,C, in terms of x for the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Option 1: C=_________________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Option 2: C=_________________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) How many hours would you have to rent the court so the monthly cost of option 1 is less than option 2?  Set up an inequality using information in part A. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130954 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130954\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a)x=hours per month of court rental time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "option 1:C=5x+42<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "option 2:C=8.5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you want option 1 to be less than option 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+42<8.5x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-3.5x<-42.......subtracted 8.5x and 42 from both sides<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x%3E12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x%3E12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....divided by -3.5 and remember when multiplying or dividing by a negative in an inequality equation, you must reverse the inequality </SPAN>\n" );
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