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It costs $5 dollars to have A tote bag monogrammed with up to 12 letters and $.50 for each additional letter. A club has a budget of $8 dollars maximum per tote bag. Write an inequality for the number of additional letters that the club can have monogrammed on a tote bag .

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x-number\ of\ additional\ letter\\\\8\le5+0.5x\\8-5\le0.5x\\3\le0.5x\ \ \ \ \cdot2\\x\ge6\\\\Maximum\ number\ of\ aditional\ letter\ is\ 6
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