Cindy recycles 54 pounds of paper. she recycles 9 times as many pounds of paper monica recycles. how can i solve the equation to find the number of pounds of paper monica recycled?

54 times 9 =486 pounds Monica recycled

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of pounds of paper Monica recycled.

Since, it is given that, Cindy recycles 9 times as many pounds of paper Monica recycles.

Thus, the  number of pounds of paper Cindy recycled = 9x,

According to the question,

9x = 54

Which is required the equation to find the number of pounds of paper Monica recycled.

Now, divide both sides of the above equation by 9,

We will get,

x = 6

Therefore, Monica recycled 6 pounds of paper.

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

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let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

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