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Elizabeth just bought a fish tank for her lounge. She plans to have a total of 45 fish and wants at most 20 of them to be rainbow fish.Let r represent the number of rainbow fish Elizabeth might have in her fish tank. Which inequality models the story?r≥45r≥20r≤45r≤20

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Elizabeth just bought a fish tank for her lounge. She plans to have a total of 45 fish and wants at most 20 of them to be rainbow fish.Let r represent the number of rainbow fish Elizabeth might have in her fish tank. Which inequality models the story?r≥45r≥20r≤45r≤20

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The inequality that models the story is r ≤ 20. This is because Elizabeth wants at most 20 of her fish to be rainbow fish, meaning the number of rainbow fish (r) should be less than or equal to 20.

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