Question

The chess club can have at most 36 members. There are 3 times as many boys as girls in the chess club. Which inequality could be used to determine the possible number of girls, x, in the chess club?

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Answer 1

3x+x ≤36

Explanation:

Given that,

The chess club can have at most 36 members.

There are 3 times as many boys as girls in the chess club

Let there are x girls in the chess club.

Boys = 3x

ATQ,

3x+x ≤36

So, the correct inequality is (d) i.e. 3x+x ≤36