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Estelle bought $3$ pineapples to cut up and serve on a fruit platter. The pineapples each cost the same amount, and they cost less than $\$12$ in all. $\newline$ Let $x$ represent how much each pineapple cost. Which inequality describes the problem? $\newline$ Choices: $\newline$ (A) 3x > 12 $\newline$ (B) 3x < 12 $\newline$ Solve the inequality. Then, complete the sentence to describe the solution. $\newline$ Each pineapple cost less than $\$$ $\_\_\_$ .

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One-step inequalities: word problems

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Q. Estelle bought

3

pineapples to cut up and serve on a fruit platter. The pineapples each cost the same amount, and they cost less than

\$12

in all.

\newline

Let

x

represent how much each pineapple cost. Which inequality describes the problem?

\newline

Choices:

\newline

(A)

3x > 12

\newline

(B)

3x < 12

\newline

Solve the inequality. Then, complete the sentence to describe the solution.

\newline

Each pineapple cost less than

\$

\_\_\_

.

Define Total Cost Inequality: Estelle bought $3$ pineapples, and the total cost was less than $\$12$ . Let $x$ be the cost of each pineapple. We need to find the inequality that represents this situation.
Calculate Total Cost: Multiply the cost of one pineapple by the number of pineapples to find the total cost: $3x$ . Since the total cost is less than $\$12$ , the inequality is 3x < 12.
Isolate x: To find how much each pineapple costs, solve the inequality 3x < 12. Divide both sides by $3$ to isolate $x$ : x < \frac{12}{3}.
Final Cost Calculation: Simplify $12 / 3$ to get x < 4. This means each pineapple costs less than $\$4$ .

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