document.write( "Question 606516: The Johnson County Carnival costs $15 plus $0.50 per ride. The Jefferson County Carnival costs $10 plus $1.00 per ride. How many rides should you plan on riding to make the Johnson County Carnival less expensive than the Jefferson County Carnival? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #382098 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let r be the number of rides \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The total cost for r rides =\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Johnson- C(j)= 15+0.5r \n" ); document.write( "Jefferson= C(Je)=10+1r\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Johnson < Jefferson \n" ); document.write( "C(j) \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "add -0.5r\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "15+0.5r-0.5r<10+1r-0.5r \n" ); document.write( "15<10+0.5r \n" ); document.write( "-10 \n" ); document.write( "15-10<0.5r \n" ); document.write( "5<0.5r \n" ); document.write( "/0.5 \n" ); document.write( "10 |