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A seventh-grade student wants to read at least 300 pages of a novel this week. He has already read 55 pages. An inequality that represents this situation is 7x+55≥300.

Solve this inequality for x, the number of pager per day.
Identify a number of pages that the student could read per day in order to have at least 300 pages of the novel read in a week.
Explain how you know that your answer is appropriate.
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User Griable
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Answer:

x=35

Explanation:

7x+55≥300

-55 -55

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7x≥245

now divide both sides by 7

x=35

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