document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=394729>Question 394729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I really don't know how to set this up to get my answer....Please someone Help!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A temporary agency offers two payment options for administrative help:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option1:  $25 daily fee plus $10/hour; or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2:  No daily fee but $15/hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Let x = total hours worked. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)	Write a mathematical model representing the total temp cost, C, for a four-day temporary administrative assistant in terms of x for the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 1: C=_________________<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2: C=_________________<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)	How many total hours would the temp need to work in the four day period for the cost of option 1 to be less than option 2. Set up an inequality and show your work algebraically using the information in part a.  Don’t forget about the daily fee in Option 1 (it’s a four day proposition!).  Do not assume an eight hour workday. Any number of hours per day is possible.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Show your work here:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lisa </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #280277 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=280277\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A temporary agency offers two payment options for administrative help:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option1:  $25 daily fee plus $10/hour; or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2:  No daily fee but $15/hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	Let x = total hours worked. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)	Write a mathematical model representing the total temp cost, C, for a four-day temporary administrative assistant in terms of x for the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 1: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2: 	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)	How many total hours would the temp need to work in the four day period for the cost of option 1 to be less than option 2. Set up an inequality and show your work algebraically using the information in part a.  Don’t forget about the daily fee in Option 1 (it’s a four day proposition!).  Do not assume an eight hour workday. Any number of hours per day is possible.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Option 1: C=100+10x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Option 2: C=15x	\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "option 1 < option 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100+10x < 15x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add -10x to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100+10x-10x<15x-10x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100<5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20<x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "greater than 20 hours <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca<BR>\n" );
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