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document.write( "Joe's balance after d days is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    J(d) = 50 - 3d  dollars, under the condition d <= 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Notice that at the 17-th day, Joe will not be able to spend 3 dollars for lunch (!)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Renee's balance after d days is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     R(d) = 30- 2d,  under the condition d <= 15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Notice that at the 16-th day, Renee will not be able to spend 2 dollars for lunch (!)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The problem asks to find the number of days  \"highlight%28highlight%28d%29%29\"  from the COMPOUND inequalities\r\n" );
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document.write( "    J(d) > R(d)  AND  d <= 15,  when both functions J(d) and R(d) are defined and make sense.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you should solve this inequality  J(d) > R(d),  which is  50 - 3d > 30 - 2d.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "For it, collect the terms containing \"d\" on the right side; \r\n" );
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document.write( "    50 - 30 > 3d - 2d\r\n" );
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document.write( "    20      > d\r\n" );
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document.write( "which is the same as d < 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But the function R(d) is not defined after d = 15;  so the answer to the problem's question is\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  During the entire time period  1 <= d <= 15, when Renee still has money to buy her lunch,\r\n" );
document.write( "         Joe will have MORE money in his balance than Renee.\r\n" );
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