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A gorilla needs to eat at least 40 pounds of food each day. The zoo feeds the gorilla using canisters that contain 4 pounds of food. The gorilla has already consumed 28 pounds of food. How many more canisters x of food does the gorilla need to eat? Write your answer as an inequality.

User Ed Mazur
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40/4=10 28/4=7 10-7=3
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3 more canisters explanation: 40/4=10, 28/4=7, 10-7=3 more canisters
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