Asked by Alexis

The record for the most rolls of wrapping paper sold for the school fundraiser is 593. Let w be the number of rolls of wrapping paper sold.

Tell if the equation or inequality represents a number that would beat the school record.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
To beat the record of 593 rolls you must sell more than 593. So the inequality is

w > 593

Because rolls are whole numbers, the smallest number that beats the record is 594, so you could also write it as

w ≥ 594.

w = 593 does not beat the record (it ties).