Question

reggie is making balloon animals to sell at gardenburys summer carnival. he makes 13 snail - shaped balloons. reggie is better at making butterflies, so he plans to make no fewer than 17 butterfly - shaped balloons. let b represent the number of butterfly - shaped balloons reggie might make. which inequality models the story?
graph the inequality that models the story.
to draw a ray, plot an endpoint and select an arrow. select an endpoint to change it from closed to open. select the middle of the ray to delete it.

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the problem statement

The key phrase is "no fewer than 17". This means the number of butterfly - shaped balloons \(b\) is greater than or equal to 17.

Answer:

The inequality that models the story is \(b\geq17\). To graph \(b\geq17\), we first plot a closed circle at 17 (because 17 is included in the solution set, since it's "no fewer than", which means 17 or more) and then draw an arrow to the right (because all numbers greater than 17 are also part of the solution set).