Four cats – Astro, Buttons, Calico, and Duchess – bought 30 mice altogether. Each of the four cats bought an odd number of mice. Buttons bought more mice than Astro, and Calico bought fewer mice than Duchess. What is the greatest number of mice that could have been bought by Astro and Calico altogether?

x> 6

step-by-step explanation:

8x+8> 7x+14

8x-7x> 14-8

x> 6

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step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!