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Emily has 140 books. If Frank were to triple the number of books that he now owns, he would still have fewer than Emily has.

If b = the number of books that Frank has, which mathematical sentence expresses the information above?

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B * 3 < 140
B being the number of books Frank owns. Because tripling the amount of books he owns is still less than the amount of book Emily owns, b*3 has to be less than 140

Answer:

[tex]3b<140[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let b represent number of books that Frank has.

We have been given that Emily has 140 books.

Triple the number of books Frank would be three times b: [tex]3b[/tex].

If Frank were to triple the number of books that he now owns, he would still have fewer than Emily has.

This means [tex]3b[/tex] is less than 140. We can represent this information in an inequality as:

[tex]3b<140[/tex]

Therefore, the inequality [tex]3b<140[/tex] represents the given scenario.