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1. Jervane is planning on buying a coffee and several donuts for a road trip. She wants to spend no more than $20 in total. Coffee costs $3 and donuts are $2 each. Write and solve an inequality to determine the maximum number of donuts that Jervane can buy. Be sure to include units on your answer.( I'll give you brainless)

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Answer: 8

Step-by-step explanation: Given:

Total money Jervane can spend = $20.

Cost of a coffee = $3.

Cost of a donut = $2.

To find: Maximum number of donuts Jervane can buy.

Solution:

Let the number of donuts she can buy be .

She wants to spend no more than $20 in total.

So,

As the number of donuts can only be a natural number.

Hence, the maximum number of donuts that Jervane can buy are 8.

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