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Tomatoes are on sale for $3 a pound. Lettuce costs $2 per head. Josie buys several pounds of tomatoes and one head of lettuce and wants to spend at most $20. How many pounds of …

Tomatoes are on sale for $3 a pound. Lettuce costs $2 per head. Josie buys several pounds of tomatoes and one head of lettuce and wants to spend at most $20. How many pounds of …
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Tomatoes are on sale for $3 a pound. Lettuce costs $2 per head. Josie buys several pounds of tomatoes and one head of lettuce and wants to spend at most $20. How many pounds of tomatoes, x, can Josie buy?

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6pounds

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User Andy Gherna
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Answer:

6 pounds of tomatoes.

Explanation:

20-2=18$

18/3=6

So she bought 6 pounds of tomatoes.

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