document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=77173>Question 77173</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A long-distance phone call costs $1.11 for the first minute and $0.97 for each additoinal minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk with out exceeding $6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " $1.11 first minute / 4.85 additional minute \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confuse on how to write an inequality...thanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "AT LEAST YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THE $1.11 AND THE $4.85\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of first minute = $1.11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of remaining minutes = $0.97(x-1)---must subtract out first minute\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, our inequality to solve is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.11+$0.97(x-1) is less than or equal to (<=)$6.00 -----------------ans\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.11+$0.97(x-1)<=$6.00  get rid of parens\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.11+$0.97x-$0.97<=$6.00 subtract $1.11 and add $0.97 to both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.11-$1.11+$0.97x-$0.97+$0.97<=$6.00-$1.11+$0.97  collect like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.97x<=$5.86  divide both sides by $0.97\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x<=6.04 minutes  we have to round back to 6 minutes---can't round up or it would break the bank\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1st minute = $1.11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "other 5 minutes=5($0.97)=$4.85\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$4.85+$1.11<=$6.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.96<=$6.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps----ptaylor\r<BR>\n" );
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