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Darcie wants to crochet a minimum of 3 blankets to donate to a homeless shelter. Darcie crochets at a rate of 1/15 of a blanket per day. She has 60 days until when she wants to donate the blankets, but she also wants to skip crocheting some days so she can volunteer in other ways. Write an inequality to determine the number of days, s, Darcie can skip crocheting and still meet her goal.

Darcie wants to crochet a minimum of 3 blankets to donate to a homeless shelter. Darcie-example-1
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Answer: 1/15(60-s)≥3

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She can skip about 15 days because it takes 15 days to make 1 blanket, and 15*3=45; 60-45=15
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