The Bricely Family borrowed $176,000 from Glen Bank several years ago when they bought their co-op for $246,000. The price dropped d dollars since they bought it. After making years of payments and pay- ing some of the principal, they now owe the bank b dollars, which is more than the price for which they could sell the co-op.
a. Write an inequality that expresses the fact that the new, decreased price of the co-op is less than what the Bricelys owe the bank.
b. Express the amount of extra money the Bricelys need to raise to pay the bank if they wanted to sell their co-op for d dollars less than the price for which they could sell the co-op?