Let's assume the skier goes skiing for x number of days.
The cost of renting skis for x days would be 20*x = $<<20*x=20x>>20x.
The cost of using daily passes for x days would be 66*x = $<<66*x=66x>>66x.
To make the season pass less expensive than the daily passes, we set up the following inequality:
400 + 20x < 66x
Subtracting 20x from both sides, we get:
400 < 46x
Dividing both sides by 46, we get:
400/46 < x
Approximately, 8.6957 < x
Therefore, the skier would have to go skiing for more than 8.6957 or 9 days in order to make the season pass less expensive than the daily passes.
A skier is trying to decide whether or not to buy a season ski pass. A daily pass costs $66. A season ski pass costs $400. The skier would have to rent skis with either pass for $20 per day. How many days would the skier have to go skiing in order to make the season pass less expensive than the daily passes?
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