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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.

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Answer:

The inequality that best represents this scenario is 54 - 8.5x > 20 .

The number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy is less than 4 .

Step-by-step explanation:I did the test

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54-20 = 34
34 / 8,50=4
le alcanzara para comprar 4 tubos de pintura

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