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Ani bought a bag to hold her dive weights. the bags manufacturer claims that it can hold 53 pounds without breaking. ani has placed 29 pounds in the bag. how many more pounds can she place in the bag before it breaks? What is the inequality to represent the situation. Solve the inequality and graph your solution.

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The bag can hold a maximum of 53 pounds before breaking, and Ani has already placed 29 pounds in the bag. To find out how many more pounds she can place in the bag, we can subtract the weight already in the bag from the maximum weight the bag can hold:

53 - 29 = 24

So Ani can place 24 more pounds in the bag before it breaks.

The inequality to represent this situation is:

weight in bag + x <= 53 (x represents the amount of weight Ani can put in the bag before it breaks)

To find the solution, we can substitute the value of weight in bag and get

29 + x <= 53

Now we can solve the inequality for x

x <= 24

The solution is x <= 24, which means Ani can place 24 more pounds or less in the bag before it breaks.

To graph the solution, we can start with the number line, and plot the point 24 to the right of the origin, and shade the region to the left of the point. This represents the solution set of x <= 24, which means Ani can place 24 more pounds or less in the bag before it breaks.

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