document.write( "Question 730044: Annie plans to grow vegetables in her backyard. She wants to grow onions and tomatoes,and plans to buy 6 times as many onion plants as tomato plants. Tomato plants cost $0.99 each and onion plants cost $0.08 each. Annie has $60 to spend. If Annie buys exactly 6 times as many onion plants as she buys tomato plants, how many onion plants can she buy without going over $60?\r
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document.write( "Let x be the number of the tomato plants (the value under the problem's question).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of the onion plants is 6x, according to the problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write your inequality for the total money\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.99x + 0.08*(6x) <= 60  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (0.99+0.08*6)x <= 60,\r\n" );
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document.write( "         1.47x     <= 60,\r\n" );
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document.write( "             x     <=  = 40.82...\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, we should round this decimal number down, to the closest lesser integer number, which is 40.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Within this scheme and within the budget, Annie can buy 6*40 = 240 onion plants.\r\n" );
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