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Isaac has a bag of n peanuts. He shares the peanuts with 5 of his friends. Each person gets at least 18 peanuts. Write an inequality to represent this situation. *

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User Cgvector
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Answer:

18 ≤ n ÷ 6

Explanation:

My text book says Isaac has a bag of n peanuts. He shares the peanuts with 5 of his friends. Each person gets at least 18 peanuts. The inequality 18 ≤ n ÷ 6 represents this situation. Graph the solution of this inequality

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User Vinay Gupta
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Answer:

Total number of peanuts =n

He shared with 5 people = 6 people

Each person had at least 18

n/6>=18

Explanation:

When question like this is given , the English is very important. He shares with his friends is different from he shares among his friends. Then also, at least means greater than or equal to.

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