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Shane and Abha earned a team badge that required their team to collect no less than 200020002000 cans for recycling. Abha collected 178178178 more cans than Shane did

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Answer:

Shane must have collect 911 cans.

Explanation:

Assume;

Cans collected by Shane = x

So,

Cans collected by Abha = x+178

Inequality

Cans collected by Shane + Cans collected by Abha ≥ 2,000

x + x + 178 ≥ 2,000

2 x ≥ 2,000 - 178

2 x ≥ 1,822

x ≥ 911

Shane must have collect 911 cans.

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