Question

valentina is baking jumbo cinnamon rolls for a family breakfast. she uses all the dough she made to form 12 cinnamon rolls of equal weight. the recipe usually makes 36 ounces of dough, but valentina made more dough than that so she can have larger cinnamon rolls. let x represent how many ounces of dough valentina uses for each cinnamon roll. which inequality describes the problem? 12x > 36 12x ≥ 36 solve the inequality. then, complete the sentence to describe the solution. valentina uses more than \boxed{} ounces of dough for each cinnamon roll

Explanation:

Step1: Select correct inequality

The problem states Valentina made more than 36 ounces of dough, so the total dough for 12 rolls ($12x$) is greater than 36. The correct inequality is $12x > 36$.

Step2: Isolate x by dividing both sides

Divide each side of the inequality by 12 to solve for $x$.
$\frac{12x}{12} > \frac{36}{12}$

Step3: Simplify to find x

Simplify both sides of the expression.
$x > 3$

Answer:

Correct inequality: $12x > 36$
Valentina uses more than 3 ounces of dough for each cinnamon roll.