A publisher wants to figure out how thick their new book will be. The book has a front cover and a back cover, each of which have a thickness of 1/4 of an inch. They have a choice of which type of paper to print the book on. Bond paper has a thickness of 1/4 inch per one hundred pages. Write an equation for the width of the book, y, if it has x hundred pages, printed on bond paper.

1/4x+1/4y=?

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x ≥ 18 is your answer

step-by-step explanation:

let "a number" = x

(2/3)x + 17 ≥ 29

isolate the variable (x). do the opposite of pemdas (parenthesis, exponent (& root), multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).

first, subtract 17 from both sides.

(2/3)x + 17 (-17) ≥ 29 (-17)

(2/3)x ≥ 29 - 17

(2/3)x ≥ 12

next, multiply 3/2 to both sides to isolate the x

(3/2)(2/3)x ≥ 12(3/2)

x ≥ 12(3/2)

simplify. multiply, then divide

x ≥ (12 * 3)/2

x ≥ (36)/2

x ≥ 18

x ≥ 18 is your answer

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