document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88092>Question 88092</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How Can I Translate the following statements into inequalities. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost for a long-distance telephone call is $0.36 for the first minute and $0.21 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without exceeding $3 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #63997 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutor_paul><B>tutor_paul(519)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutor_paul><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=tutor_paul><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=63997\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let's try to think this through rather than just write down the answer :-)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reading the problem, the first thing I see is that the goal is to keep the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cost less than $3. This immediately tells me that I will use the < (less than)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "symbol in my inequality, and however long I talk, the cost must be less than<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3. So I can write this part of the inequality:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "something < $3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, we need to figure out what is that \"something.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reading the problem, I see that the first minute of talking is going to cost me<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$0.36. The first minute only happens once per call. So $0.36 is part of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"something.\" With this information, I can make the inequality a little more<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.36 + something_else < $3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, we are up to that \"something else.\" Again, from the problem, you are told that the cost after the first minute is $0.21 per minute. That implies a multiplication... i.e. every minute you talk costs $0.21. If you let 'x' equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of minutes, you can see that the \"something_else\" is $0.21x. So now,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "my inequality is done!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.36+$0.21x < $3<BR>\n" );
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