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Catherine has $54. She plans to spend more than $20 of the money for a painting canvas. The rest will go toward paints. Each tube of paint costs $8.50. Assume that x represents the number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy.

The inequality that best represents this scenario is .

The number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy is .

User RayViljoen
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54=20+8.50x
34=8.50x
X=4
User Aleksander Pohl
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54 = 20 + 8.50x
She can buy 4 tubes of paint
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