document.write( "Question 1054342: It takes 20 minutes to set up a candy making machine. Once the machine is set up, it produces 25 candies per minute. Use an inequality to find the number of candies that can be produced in 2 hours if the machine has not been set up. \n" ); document.write( "
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2 hours * 60 minutes per hour is equal to 120 minutes.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "it takes 20 minutes to set up the machine, which leaves 100 minutes to produce candies.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the machine can produce 25 candies per minute * 100 minutes = 2500 candies.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "your formula can be set up as follows:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c = 25 * (m - s)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c is the number of candies to produce.
\n" ); document.write( "m is the number of minutes you have available.
\n" ); document.write( "s is the time required to set up the machine in minutes.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the machine is already set up, then s = 0 and the formula becomes:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c = 25 * m.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the machine is not already set up, then s = 20 and the formula becomes:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c = 25 * (m - 20)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "it's the second formula that we used.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "m was equal to 2 hours * 60 minutes per hour = 120 minutes.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the formula became c= 25 * (120 - 20) which became c = 25 * 100 which became c = 2500.\r
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