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Kevin is buying water for his camping trip. He knows he needs at least 20 gallons of water for the trip. He already has five and a half gallons. The water comes in 32-fluid ounce (quarter-gallon) containers.

Let x be the number of containers of water.
The expression that represents the total amount of water is .
If the total amount of water must be at least 20 gallons, then it must be 20.

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Answer:

✔ 0.25 gallon

✔ 5.5 + 0.25x

✔ greater than or equal to

Explanation:

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Answer:

Let x be the number of

✔ 0.25 gallon

containers of water.

The expression that represents the total amount of water is

✔ 5.5 + 0.25x

.

If the total amount of water must be at least 20 gallons, then it must be

✔ greater than or equal to

20.

Explanation:

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