document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=126836>Question 126836</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013052316X/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Leo held a garage sale.  He priced all the items at a dime or a quarter.  His sales totaled less than $5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a linear inequality for this situation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the maximum possible number of items that could have been sold for a dime? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #92908 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=92908\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> $5.00 is 500 cents, 10d is the amount in cents received from selling d items for a dime, and 25q is the amount in cents received from selling q items for a quarter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This could also be expressed as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.10d+%2B+0.25q=5.00 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.10d+%2B+0.25q=5.00\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, but I happen to think decimal coefficients are messy and best avoided if possible.  Then again, maybe I'm related to Monk.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The maximum number of items that could have been sold for a dime is when zero items sold for a quarter, so the inequality reduces to:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing by 10:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since fractional parts of a dime are not allowed in this situation, the most items that could have been sold for a dime was 49, one less than 50. </SPAN>\n" );
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