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Serena wants to buy 3 oranges and some kiwis and spend no more than $6.1 orange costs $0.85. 1 kiwi costs $0.50. Write and solve an inequality to represent all possible values for the number of kiwis Serena can buy.​

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Let x be the number of kiwis that Serena can buy.

The cost of 3 oranges is 3 × $0.85 = $2.55

The cost of x kiwis is x × $0.50 = $0.50x

The total cost of 3 oranges and x kiwis must be no more than $6.

Therefore, we can write the inequality:

$2.55 + $0.50x ≤ $6

Simplifying this inequality, we get:

$0.50x ≤ $6 - $2.55

$0.50x ≤ $3.45

x ≤ $3.45 ÷ $0.50

x ≤ 6.9

Therefore, the possible values for the number of kiwis that Serena can buy is 0 ≤ x ≤ 6.9.
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