document.write( "Question 1124077: Company A charges a fee of 3$ plus $0.60 per page. Company B charges $0.75 per page. How many pages does the book need for company A to cost less than company B? \r
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Let the number of pages be P
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document.write( "Then for company A, we get cost of: .6P + 3
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document.write( "For Company B, we get cost of .75P
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document.write( "Since Company A needs to cost less than Company B, we have the following INEQUALITY: .6P + 3 < .75P
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document.write( ".6P - .75P < - 3
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document.write( "- .15P < - 3
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document.write( "Number of pages for Company A to cost less than Company B:  <===== INEQUALITY sign changes when dividing by a NEGATIVE value.  
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document.write( "P being greater than 20 means that the number of pages is:  \n" );
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