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The New York Times charges a $700 set up fee plus $75 per week to place an advertisement in their newspaper. The Omaha World Herald charges $165 per week to place an advertisement in their newspaper. For how many weeks must the ad be placed for the ad in the New York Times to cost less than the ad in the Omaha World Herald? Show your work to solve and explain your answer in a sentence.

User Varol Okan
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$700 + $75 = $775
$775/$165 = 4.69 weeks which can be rounded to 5 so, 5 weeks
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