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document.write( "Let x be the number of bought mattresses,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the inequality for the profit is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -50x + 200y < 1500 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Accompanied inequalities are  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    x >= 9,  y >= 0.\r\n" );
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