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You are mixing x grams of ingredient A and y grams of ingredient B. Choose the equation or inequality that models the given requirement. There should be at least 3 more grams of ingredient A than ingredient B. (A) 3xy03 x-y \leq 0, (B) x3y0x-3 y \geq 0, (C) xy3x-y \geq 3, (D) 3xy03 x-y \geq 0.

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There should be at least\textit{at least} 3 more grams of ingredient A than B (can be more), so we write "\geq" :

xy+3x \geq y+3

xy3x-y \geq 3

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