document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1018949>Question 1018949</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Admission to the Valentine's Dance is $6 and snacks are $1.50. You have &12. Write an inequality involving s, the number of snacks you can purchase. How do I start that?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #634935 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Marz157><B>Marz157(7)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-05.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Marz157><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=634935\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lets take an example as say that you wanted to buy  2 snacks and go to the dance. How would you compute how much money that you would spend?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, you pay $6 for the dance and 2 times the $1.50 for the two snacks for a total of $9. Now, how do you know if you are actually allowed do that. You compare the $9 that you want to spend to the $12 that you are allowed to spend. Since 9 is less than 12, it must be okay.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we just replace that 2 snacks with an S to write our equation. We just need the amount of money we spend on the dance and S snacks to be less than $12 </SPAN>\n" );
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