Mary bought more than 72 pencils to distribute to children at an orphanage. She packs these pencils in gift boxes. If she packs 4 pencils each into x gift boxes, the inequality that represents this situation is
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The simplified form of the inequality is

4x≥=72

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Particularly, we have:

Given:

X: number of gift boxes

2. We then have to write the inequation that models the problem:

"Mary bought more than 72 pencils"

"She packs 4 pencils each into x gift boxes"

Finally we have:

4x≥=72, for the inequality that represent this situation.

When Simplfying (simplified form):

= x≥72/4

= x≥18