document.write( "Question 1180924: you have $60 and a coupon which allows you to take $10 off any purchase of $50 or more at a department store. Write and inequality that describes the possible retail value of the items you can buy if you use the coupon. Write an inequality that describes the different amount of money you can spend if you use the coupon. \n" ); document.write( "
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Here's how to break down the inequalities:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**1. Inequality describing the possible retail value of items:**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let 'x' represent the retail value of the items you buy. To use the coupon, the retail value must be $50 or more. So:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x ≥ 50\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**2. Inequality describing the different amounts of money you can spend:**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let 'y' represent the amount of money you actually spend after using the coupon. Since you have $60 and the coupon takes $10 off, the most you can spend is $60, and the least you can spend is $40 ($50 - $10).\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y ≤ 60
\n" ); document.write( "y ≥ 40\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Combining these, the inequality that describes the different amounts of money you can spend is:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "40 ≤ y ≤ 60
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