Which statement can be modeled by x+ 3_< 12?

a) sam has a bottle of water. together, sam and dave have at most 12 bottles of water.

b) jennie sold 3 cookbooks. to earn a prize, jennie must sell at least 12 cookbooks.

c) peter has 2 baseball hats. peter sand his brothers have fewer than 12 baseball hats.

d) kathy swam 3 laps in the pool this week. she must swim more than 12 laps.

* the sign means less than or equal to*