Steven has 49 baseball cards. Steven and Lucas have more than 63 baseball cards together. Which of the following inequalities represents the number of baseball cards the two boys have? 49 + b 63 b 49 + 63 49 - b 63

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Steven has 49 baseball cards. Steven and Lucas have more than 63 baseball cards together. Which of the following inequalities represents the number of baseball cards the two boys have?

49 + b < 63
49 + b > 63
b > 49 + 63
49 - b > 63

dtan5457 · Answer

Think about it. These 2 are cards combined, they have both than 63 combined, one of them already has 49..

dtan5457 · Answer

49+b>63

dtan5457 · Answer

b would represent lucas's cards, which we don't know here. We do know that combined they have more than 63.

amilapsn · Answer

Number of baseball cards that Steven has+number of baseball cards that Lucas has>63

amilapsn · Answer

49+b>63; here b represents the number of baseball cards that Lucas has...

amilapsn · Answer

Example:
a>b;this means that a is larger than b
a+c<d; this means the combination of a & c is less than d
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