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Lin is selling boxes of cookies. Each box costs $3.75. Lin's goal is to earn more than $30 selling cookies.

If Lin sells b, boxes of cookies, write an inequality (using symbol < or >) that will be true whenever Lin makes her goal.

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Answer: If Lin sells b boxes of cookies, she will earn 3.75b dollars. Therefore, the inequality that will be true whenever Lin makes her goal is:

3.75b > 30

This inequality can be read as "the total amount of money Lin earns selling cookies is greater than $30."

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