Question

Diane buys candy that costs $4 per pound. She will spend more than $20 on candy. What are the possible numbers of pounds she will buy?

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

Answer 1

12 pounds

Explanation:

We know that the candy costs $4 per pound

We also know that he will only spend up to $48

We can represent this as an equation:

4x = 48

Where as x = number of pounds

Solve the equation to find how many pounds he can buy.

4x = 48

Divide both sides by 4

x = 12

This means that Kareem can buy 12 pounds