During his shift at Green Gifts Flower Shop, Ed uses a bucket of 24 roses to make flower arrangements. He plans to use fewer than 12 of the roses to decorate a wreath. He'll use the rest to make a bouquet.Let r represent the number of roses Ed might use to decorate the wreath.r>12r>24r<12r<24
Question
During his shift at Green Gifts Flower Shop, Ed uses a bucket of 24 roses to make flower arrangements. He plans to use fewer than 12 of the roses to decorate a wreath. He'll use the rest to make a bouquet.Let r represent the number of roses Ed might use to decorate the wreath.r>12r>24r<12r<24
Solution
The correct representation for the number of roses Ed might use to decorate the wreath is r<12. This is because Ed plans to use fewer than 12 of the roses for the wreath.
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