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Read each situation, write an inequality for each and solve. Explain the steps you took to solve the inequality.

1) Maria, Zoey, and Kate have saved $380 to buy equipment to open a cupcake stand. They have spent $150 on a mixer. They also want to buy some boxes. If each box costs $2.00, what is the maximum number of boxes they can buy? A) What will be represented as a variable in your inequality? B) What inequality can you write to solve this problem?

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A) X, B) (380-150) - 2 • X
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