document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014997>Question 1014997</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Dear tutors,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do I put this inequality in interval notation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14. A amusement park charges a flat rate of $ 55 for a birthday party plus $8.00 for each person.  If you have $175 to spend, at most how many people can attend the party? I know how to solve it but not how to put in interval notation. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let p be the number of people at the party. Now I can create the inequality for the given information.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 55 + 8p < 165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-55            -55     I subtracted 55 from both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8p/8 < 110/8     I divided both sides by 8 or $8.00\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p <  13.75            This is my final answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since I have $165 to spend, only 13 people can attend the party. I round down the number to 13 because  there is no such thing as ¾ or .75 being a person. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the problem in interval notation.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have $175 to start not $165.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8p%3C=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8p%3C=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p%3C=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p%3C=15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK so at most you can have 15 people come. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "On the other end, you can have no one come (<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=p=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"p=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So then this would be,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or in interval notation,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[0,15]<BR>\n" );
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