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Mr. Harrison has $416 to spend on supplies for his classroom. He will buy a bookshelf and some books. The bookshelf costs $80. He will buy books that cost $4 each. Write, then solve an inequality to find the number of books (b), at most, that Mr. Harrison can buy.

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x = bookshelf //// y = books
x + y = 416
416-80 = y4

336 = y4
336/4 = y
84 = y

Mr. Harrison can buy 84 books
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