document.write( "Question 1104765: It takes a woodworker 30 hours to build a cabinet that sells for $660 in the store. The store owner wants to make a profit of at least $150 on each cabinet after paying the woodworker. Write and solve an inequality that represents the hourly wages of the woodworker.
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\n" ); document.write( "x = hourly wage for the woodworker
\n" ); document.write( "Revenue = R(x) = 660
\n" ); document.write( "Cost = C(x) = 30*x
\n" ); document.write( "Profit = P(x) = R(x) - C(x) = 660-30x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We want the profit P(x) to be 150 or larger, so \"P%28x%29+%3E=+150\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"P%28x%29+%3E=+150\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"660-30x+%3E=+150\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"660-30x%2B30x+%3E=+150%2B30x\" Add 30x to both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"660+%3E=+150%2B30x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"660-150+%3E=+150%2B30x-150\" Subtract 150 from both sides\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"510+%3E=+30x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"30x+%3C=+510\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"30x%2F30+%3C=+510%2F30\" Divide both sides by 30\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+%3C=+17\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The highest wage for the woodworker is 17 dollars per hour
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