Maria's cat eats less than 1 cup of food each day. Her cat eats one-third of what Maria's dog eats plus half of a cup. What simplified inequality shows the possible amounts that Maria's dog eats in cups?

Step-by-step explanation:

Represent a cup with x; the cat with c and the dog with d

From the first statement, we have:

From the second, we have:

Required

Express d in terms of x

We have:

and

Merge both expressions to give:

Collect Like Terms

Multiply both sides by 3

the answer is c)8

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