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Rew decided to purchase some dubbles (x) and totts (y). Altogether,
he planned to buy at most 7 items.
Write an inequality, in standard form, to model this relationship.

User Max Kanter
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Answer:

x + y ≤ 7

(if that doesn't work, 0 ≤ x + y ≤ 7)

Rew wants to buy 7 items or less, so the number of dubbles and totts combined can't be bigger than 7, and is therefore less than or equal to 7.

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