Question

jayden is planting flowers in the backyard. he has already planted 26 flowers, and wants to plant 7 flowers every day. for how many days does he need to plant flowers to plant exactly 54 flowers?
lets say that jayden wants to plant up to 54 flowers in the garden. complete the statement to write an inequality that represents jayden planting up to 54 flowers.
7d + 26 = 54
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7d + 26 \square 54
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Explanation:

Step1: Understand the Context

Jayden has already planted 26 flowers and plants 7 flowers per day (let \( d \) be the number of days). The total number of flowers planted is \( 7d + 26 \). He wants to plant up to 54 flowers, meaning the total number of flowers should be less than or equal to 54.

Step2: Determine the Inequality Symbol

The phrase "up to" implies that \( 7d + 26 \) can be at most 54, so we use the "less than or equal to" symbol (\( \leq \)). So the inequality is \( 7d + 26 \leq 54 \).

Answer:

\( 7d + 26 \leq 54 \) (the symbol to fill in the box is \( \leq \))