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Eric buys candy that costs $5 per pound. He will spend at most $35 on candy. What are the possible numbers of pounds he will buy?

Use p for the number of pounds Eric will buy.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for p.

User Suman J
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Answer:

7p = $35

Explanation:

$5 = 1 pound of candy

=> $35 = 1 x 7 pound of candy

=> $35 = 7 pounds of candy

Therefore, the inequality is '7p = $35'.

Hoped this helped.

User Kyrylomyr
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation: 35=5p you divide by 5 on both sides and then you get 7=p.

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