document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=420933>Question 420933</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  When I get to the last portion of the problem I get stuck on this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5/9 * 9/5 < 5/9 (1542.4)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer comes out to\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C < 856.9 but how did they get it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #294000 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><B>ilana(307)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ilana><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=294000\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You left out a piece of the inequality- the variable C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It looks like the inequality was originally 9/5 * C < 154.2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, to isolate the variable C, you multiply each side of the inequality by 5/9. Since this is a positive number, the inequality symbol stays the same.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now you have (almost) what you wrote.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/9 * 9/5 * C < 5/9 * 1542.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then multiply on the left side, 5/9 * 9/5 = 1, so 5/9 * 9/5 * C = C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the inequality is C < 5/9 * 1542.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now multiply on the left side, 5/9 * 1542.4 = (approximately) 856.9.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the inequality is C < 856.9 </SPAN>\n" );
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