Question

Please help. my grade in math is terrible all i want is help please.

Charmaine buys candy that costs $5 per pound. She will spend less than $45 on candy. What are the possible numbers of pounds she will buy?
Use P for the number of pounds Charmaine will buy.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for P.

Answer 1

8 pounds

Explanation:

x = number of pounds

5x<40

x<40/5

so she can buy X<8 pounds