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Jess will plant up to 27 acres on her farm with wheat and corn. More than 5 acres will be planted with wheat. Let w represent the number of acres of wheat and c represent the number of acres of corn. Identify two inequalities that represent this situation

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User Cadriel
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it’s w>5 and w+c<_ 27

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User Khaled Alshaya
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Two inequalities that represent this situation:
First one is w>5 because they are planting more than 5 acres with wheat, or w.
Second is w+c
\leq 27 because the amount of wheat + corn (w+c) has to be less than or equal to 27.
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