document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=644944>Question 644944</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your composite grade in a course is 80% if your current grade, plus 20% of your final exam score. Your current grade is 83 and your goal is to get a composite grade of 85 or better. Write and solve and inequality to find the final exam scores that will meet your goal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried setting up and solving the problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".80x + 83 <85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     - 83  -83<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".80x=  2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x< 2.5    </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #405341 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=405341\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your composite grade in a course is 80% if your current grade, plus 20%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " of your final exam score. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your current grade is 83 and your goal is to get a composite grade of<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 85 or better. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write and solve and inequality to find the final exam scores that will<BR>\n" );
document.write( " meet your goal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have to weight the two grades in a ratio of 8:2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = the required exam score<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%288%2883%29%2B2x%29%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%288%2883%29%2B2x%29%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > => 85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both sides by 10, find 8*83<BR>\n" );
document.write( "664 + 2x => 850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x => 850 - 664<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x => 186<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x => 186/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x => 93 to get a composite grade of 85<BR>\n" );
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