A student brings whole cherry and cheese danishes to his class for his birthday. The number of cherry danishes he brings is at least 3 more than the number of cheese danishes, but no more than twice the number of cheese danishes. Find the smallest possible value for the total number of danishes he brings.

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He brings 6 cherry danishes and 3 cheese danishes, because it says that their are three more cherry danishes, but no more than twice the number of cheese. So 6 is 3 more than 3, and also no more than twice the number of cheese. So their would be 6 cherry and 3 cheese danishes.

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Answer:

at least 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the variable $r$ represent the number of cherry danishes and $s$ represent the number of cheese danishes. We have$2s \ge r \ge 3+\frac{2}{3}s.$The left side of the inequality must be greater than or equal to the right side, so we have$2s \ge 3+\frac{2}{3}s\qquad

\Rightarrow\qquad 6s \ge 9+2s \qquad

\Rightarrow\qquad 4s \ge 9 \qquad

\Rightarrow\qquad  s \ge \frac{9}{4}.$The least possible integer that $s$ can be is 3. The least possible value of $r$ is$r \ge 3+\frac{2}{3}(3) \qquad \Rightarrow \qquad r \ge 5.$Therefore, the student brings at least 8 danishes

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