document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=420050>Question 420050</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use an inequality to solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jim has gotten scores of 88 and 69 on his first 2 test. What score must he get on his third test to kee an average of 85 or greater?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x>88\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Could that be correct? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Not even close.  Think about how you would find the average of the test scores if you knew what all three of them were.  You would first add up all of the scores and then divide that sum by 3.  That means that 3 times 85 is the least that the sum of the three scores can be, hence, if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> is the score you don't know:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 88\ +\ 69\ +\ x\ \geq\ 3\ \cdot\ 85\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now all you have to do is to solve the inequality for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice the use of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \geq\"> because the problem says \"85 or greater\" not \"greater than 85.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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