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kaitlin buys candy that costs $8 per pound. she will spend less than $40 on candy. what are the possible numbers of pounds she will buy?
use p for the number ofpounds kaitlin will buy.
write your answer as an inequality solved for p.

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Answer:

x≤5p

Explanation:

40/8=5 Kaitlin can buy UP TO 5 pounds of candy at $8/pound. So she will buy less than or equal to 5 pounds

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