document.write( "Question 1203946: Angel is selling popcorn for a choir fundraiser. He has already sold $25 worth of popcorn. If he sells over $100 dollars then he will earn a prize. Each bag is $5.00. How many more bags does Nick need to sell in order to win a prize? \r
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document.write( "Angel is selling popcorn for a choir fundraiser. He has already sold $25 worth of popcorn.  If he sells over $100 dollars then he will earn a prize.  Each bag is $5.00.  How many more bags does Nick need to sell in order to win a prize?  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Write an inequality to answer this question.  Use \"b\" for the variable.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the inequality below\r\n" );
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document.write( "With each bag (b) costing $5, with him already selling $25 worth, and with him needing\r\n" );
document.write( "to sell OVER $100 to win a prize, we get the following inequality: 5b + 25 > 100 <=== INEQUALITY requested\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                        5b > 75\r\n" );
document.write( "Additional bags of popcorn he needs to sell in order to win a prize, or \r\n" );
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document.write( "He needs to sell OVER 15 MORE bags, and in addition to the 5 bags he has already sold,\r\n" );
document.write( "he will then have sold over $100, and will win the prize!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Those 2 people are WRONG!! \r\n" );
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document.write( "While he will win the prize if he should sell 20 more, according to the woman who responded,\r\n" );
document.write( "he just has to sell the minimum, 16 more, NOT 20, to win the prize. \r\n" );
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document.write( "The other person who responded claims that he can sell an additional 15 (at least 15), but that's not\r\n" );
document.write( "so. If he sells an additional 15, he will NEVER win the prize because he would've sold JUST $100 worth.

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