Question

mona and her sister, kaylee, collect tiny pets animal figurines. mona has 27 animals in her collection. kaylee has only recently started collecting tiny pets and has a smaller collection than mona. let a represent the number of animals kaylee could have in her collection. which inequality models the story? a > 27 a ≥ 27 a < 27 a ≤ 27 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 relationship

Kaylee has a smaller collection than Mona. Mona has 27 animals. So the number of Kaylee's animals \(a\) is less than 27.

Step2: Write the inequality

The inequality is \(a < 27\).

Answer:

The inequality that models the story is \(a < 27\). For graphing, we plot an open - circle at 27 (because \(a\) cannot be equal to 27) and draw an arrow to the left (towards the smaller numbers).