Question

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A jewelry maker is designing a crown. The crown must have at least 45 gems, using only emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. The number of rubies must be 1 less than 3 times the number of emeralds. The number of diamonds must be 4 less than the number of rubies. Which inequality could the jewelry maker use to find the fewest number of emeralds, x, that can be placed on the crown?

Answer 1

Explanation:

X is the variable and x means multiplication symbol.

X + (X x 3 - 1) + (X x 3 - 1) - 4) ≥ 45 is the answer I got.

The answer to that inequality would be

X ≥ 7 I think