a certain airline ' s fleet consisted of 90 type a planes at the beginning of 1980 . at the end of each year , starting with 1980 , the airline retired 3 of the type a planes and acquired 4 new type b plans . how many years did it take before the number of type a planes left in the airline ' s fleet was less than 50 percent of the fleet ?
"let x be the number of years . 4 x > 90 - 3 x 7 x > 90 x > 12 + 6 / 7 the answer is c ."
divide(90, add(3, 4))