SOLUTION: You want to buy a new bike, and your parents will contribute $32.50 toward the cost of the bike. If the most expensive bike is $50.00, how much will you have to spend on the bike?

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Question 922831: You want to buy a new bike, and your parents will contribute $32.50 toward the cost of the bike. If the most expensive bike is $50.00, how much will you have to spend on the bike? Solve the following inequality 50.00 > 32.50 + x and graph its solution.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rewrite the inequality:
+x+%2B+32.5+%3C+50+
Subtract +32.5+ from both sides
+x+%3C+17.5+
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There is only 1 variable, so you could
graph this on a line, but you can't
graph it on an x-y plane