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Catherine has $54. She plans to spend more than $20 of the money for a painting canvas. The rest will go toward paints. Each tube of paint costs $8.50. Assume that x represents the number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy.

The inequality that best represents this scenario is .
The number of tubes of paint Catherine can buy is

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Answer:

4 or more tubes of paint!!

Explanation:

User Alramdein
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Answer;

4 or more tubes or paint.

Explanation:

54- 8.50x > 20

-54 -54

-8.50x > -34

now you have to divide by -8.50 on both sides to get x alone.

-8.50x/-8.50 > -34/-8.50

x=4

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