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Noah has dd dimes and qq quarters. He has no less than 17 coins altogether. Write this situation as an inequality.

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Answer:

(dd + qq) ≥ 17

Explanation:

We know that the number of coins that we have should be greater than or equal to 17, because it can be no less than 17. So we add dd and qq together, and we say that that sum must be greater than or equal to 17.

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