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Question 1012638: A balloon company guarantees that at least 18 of the balloons in each package are red. Fifteen percent of the balloons are red. What is the number of balloons in a package?
A) write an inequality to model the situation.
B) solve and verify the inequality l.
C) Represent you're answer verbally and graphically
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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0.15x ≥ 18 divide both sides by 0.15
x ≥ 18/0.15 Use your calculator to get your answer
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Make sure you learn this because you are supposed to present your answer verbally, meaning you have to explain it with your words.