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Carol and Linda are both selling cookies.

Carol sells her cookies for $1.25 per box, and she
already made $64.00. Linda sells her cookies for
$220 per box, and she already made $45.00. If both
of them sell the same number of boxes of cookies,
which one of the following inequalities can help you
find the least possible value of b, the number of
boxes of cookies Linda must sell so she will make
more money than Carol?

User LisaD
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Answer:

This inequality is impossible. Assuming this is realistic, Linda cannot sell part of a box of cookies and therefore cannot make less than $220.

Explanation:

User Jichael
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