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
The inequality that describes the problem is:
x ≤ 36/12
This inequality represents the fact that each cinnamon roll uses less than or equal to the total amount of dough that Valentina made divided by the number of cinnamon rolls she wants to make.
To solve this problem, we need to set up an inequality that represents the relationship between the dough used for each cinnamon roll and the total amount of dough available.
Let's assume x represents the number of ounces of dough Valentina uses for each cinnamon roll. Since Valentina made 12 cinnamon rolls, the total amount of dough used would be 12x.
Given that the recipe usually makes 36 ounces of dough, we know that Valentina made more dough than that. Hence, the total amount of dough available would be greater than 36 ounces.
Therefore, the inequality that describes the problem is:
12x > 36