A jewelry maker is designing a crown. The crown must have at least 45 gems, using only emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. The numbe

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A jewelry maker is designing a crown. The crown must have at least 45 gems, using only emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. The numbe

r of rubies must be 1 less than 3 times the number of emeralds. The number of diamonds must be 4 less than the number of rubies. Which inequality could the jewelry maker use to find the fewest number of emeralds, x, that can be placed on the crown?

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Monica [59] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-16T16:27:55+03:00

Monica [59]2 years ago

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I believe it would be 45 is greater than or equal to 3x + (3x-1) + [(3x-1)-4]