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While at a craft fair, Colleen found a stand selling bars of handmade soap for $3 each. Sheliced so many of the different scents that she went over her $18 budget.Let x represent how many bars of soap Colleen bought. Which inequality describes theproblem?

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3x > 18

Step-by-step explanation

If she bought x bars of soap and each cost $3, then the total cost for x bars of soap is 3x. This is greater than her $18 budget:


3x>18

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