1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,550 2 00:00:00,550 --> 00:00:04,230 A popular R&B band recently returned from a successful 3 00:00:04,230 --> 00:00:06,860 three-city tour where they played to at 4 00:00:06,860 --> 00:00:11,500 least 120,000 people. 5 00:00:11,500 --> 00:00:15,140 My brain immediately says that's greater than or equal 6 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,179 to 120,000. 7 00:00:17,179 --> 00:00:20,600 If they had an audience of 45,000 in Mesa and another 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,950 33,000 in Denver, how many people attended 9 00:00:23,949 --> 00:00:26,089 their show in Las Vegas? 10 00:00:26,089 --> 00:00:29,170 So let's say Las Vegas, I'll just use l for Las Vegas. 11 00:00:29,170 --> 00:00:31,330 So the number of people who attended their show in Las 12 00:00:31,329 --> 00:00:35,079 Vegas plus the number that attended their show in Mesa, 13 00:00:35,079 --> 00:00:40,099 which is 45,000, plus the number of people that attended 14 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:43,020 their show in Denver, which is 33,000-- those are three 15 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:47,210 cities right there, Las Vegas, Mesa, and Denver-- that has to 16 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,390 be at least 120,000 people. 17 00:00:49,390 --> 00:00:52,410 Or another way of interpreting that is greater than or equal 18 00:00:52,409 --> 00:00:55,889 to 120,000. 19 00:00:55,890 --> 00:00:58,039 So to figure out how many people attended their show in 20 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:01,909 Las Vegas, we just solve for l on this inequalty. 21 00:01:01,909 --> 00:01:06,959 So if we simplify this left-hand side, we get the 22 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:11,059 number of people in Las Vegas plus-- what's 45,000 plus 23 00:01:11,060 --> 00:01:17,629 33,000, that is 78,000-- 78,000 is going to be greater 24 00:01:17,629 --> 00:01:21,519 than or equal to 120,000. 25 00:01:21,519 --> 00:01:23,829 Now to isolate the l on the left-hand side of the 26 00:01:23,829 --> 00:01:27,629 inequality, we can subtract 78,000 from both sides. 27 00:01:27,629 --> 00:01:34,789 So minus 78,000, minus 78,000 on the left-hand side, these 28 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:35,920 cancel out. 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,870 And we're just left with the number of people who attended 30 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:42,439 the show in Las Vegas is going to be greater than or equal to 31 00:01:42,439 --> 00:01:45,989 120,000 minus 78,000. 32 00:01:45,989 --> 00:01:49,809 So 120,000 minus 80,000 is 40,000, and it's going to be 33 00:01:49,810 --> 00:01:50,879 another 2,000. 34 00:01:50,879 --> 00:01:52,689 So the number of people who attended Las Vegas is going to 35 00:01:52,689 --> 00:01:57,879 be greater than or equal to 42,000 people. 36 00:01:57,879 --> 00:02:00,310 And we're done, that's it 37 00:02:00,310 --> 00:02:00,533