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What is the highest possible price for a bottle of the beer if it has to be
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document.write( "The number of dollars has to be 3 for the beer to be under $4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let C = the number of cents\r\n" );
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document.write( "4×(the number of cents) + 3×(the number of dollars) < 400\r\n" );
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document.write( "4×C + 3×3 < 400\r\n" );
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document.write( "   4C + 9 < 400\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 9 from both sides\r\n" );
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document.write( "       4C < 391\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "        C < 97.75\r\n" );
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document.write( "We must have a whole number of cents, so the\r\n" );
document.write( "largest whole number of cents possible is 97.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the highest possible price for the beer is \r\n" );
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document.write( "4×97 + 3×3 = 388 + 9 = 397 cents which is $3.97\r\n" );
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