Cole is packing a crate with boxes of vegetables that weight 3 pounds each. The empty crate weighs 2 pounds.He wants the total weight of the crate with the boxes to be less than 26 pounds.. If x represents the number of boxes that Cole can pack in the crate, which inequality can be used to find the value of x? show work: A) 3+2× 26 B) 3+2×

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Cole is packing a crate with boxes of vegetables that weight 3 pounds each. The empty crate weighs 2 pounds.He wants the total weight of the crate with the boxes to be less than 26 pounds.. If x represents the number of boxes that Cole can pack in the crate, which inequality can be used to find the value of x? show work: A) 3+2× > 26 B) 3+2× < 26 C) 2+3× < 26 D) 2+3× > 26

welshfella · Answer

the weight of x boxes of vegetables is 3x pounds
the weight of these + weight of the crate = 3x + 2 pounds

- and this must be less that 26 pounds

can you see which option is correct?

welshfella · Answer

the symbol for less than is <

welshfella · Answer

- also 3x + 2 can be written as  2 + 3x

welshfella · Answer

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