document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025947>Question 1025947</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jason is shopping at a store for a shirt. He has a coupon that will reduce the original price of the shirt by $2. A 4% sales tax will be added to the reduced price. Which inequality represents all of the possible original prices, p, of shirts that will cost less than $20 after the coupon and tax are applied? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. 0.83<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. O.83 with 3 repeating <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 1.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 1.2 with 2 repeating<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'm a 7th grade math tutor & I've tried drawing a tape diagram, solving this with a negative coefficient due to the fact that the originAl price of the shirt doesn't make sense to be less than any of the above values.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #641252 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=641252\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i solved this as follows.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let p = the original price of the shirt.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then p-2 = the sale price.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the tax would therefore be .04 * (p-2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the total cost is therefore (p-2) + .04 * (p-2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if this has to be less than 20, then you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(p-2) + .04 * (p-2) < 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify this to get p - 2 + .04 * p - .04 * 2 < 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify further to get p - 2 + .04 * p - .08 < 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms to get 1.04 * p - 2.08 < 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for p to get p < (20 + 2.08) / 1.04\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this results in p < 21.23076923.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i tested this out and it makes sense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "looking at the selections, however, i can't make heads or tails out of any of them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "any value of p less than 21.23076923 will satisfy the inequality.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p, however, would have to be greater than or equal to 2, otherwise the sale price would be negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i did a search on the internet for the question and this is what i came up with.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this came from the following link.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i calculated the solution to be selection b in this test.\r<BR>\n" );
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