A local business owner noticed that the number of customers at his store has been decreasing by 8.7% each month since May. In May, he had 1,208 customers. The owner has determined that once the number of customers is below 700, he will consult a marketing expert for help promoting his business.

It is October and the owner is worrying if he should have consulted the expert by now. Write an inequality to model the number of customers each month since May, where m is the number of months after May. Then, determine if the expert needed to be consulted by now.

Ans. choices:

A. 1,208(0.87)m < 700; yes
B. 700(1.087)m > 1,208; no
C. 700(1.87)m > 1,208; yes
D. 1,208(0.913)m < 700; no