SOLUTION: Mrs. Smith needs to purchase supplies for her new classroom. She purchases n notebooks and b binders for each student. If she buys over 100 items, she will get a discount. Write th

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Question 1104715: Mrs. Smith needs to purchase supplies for her new classroom. She purchases n notebooks and b binders for each student. If she buys over 100 items, she will get a discount. Write the inequality that represents this problem so that Mrs. Smith will get a discount on her purchase. Let x = the number of students.
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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i think it would be x * (n + g) > 100

if that happens, then she gets a discount.

if you want to know what the figure is per student, then the inequality would be (n + g) > 100 / x.