SOLUTION: Kevin wants to buy some pencils at a price of 4.50 each. He does not want to spend more than 55.00. What is the greatest number of pencils can kevin buy?

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Question 843678: Kevin wants to buy some pencils at a price of 4.50 each. He does not want to spend more than 55.00. What is the greatest number of pencils can kevin buy?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Since you can only buy integer values of pencils,

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