SOLUTION: what do the word at most means?

SOLUTION: what do the word at most means?

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Question 252591: what do the word at most means?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The phrase "at most" means that it is the largest value a variable can take on. When I say: "I have 'at most' 10 dollars", this means that the maximum amount of money I have is $10. I could have less than $10, but the most I have is $10. Algebraically, if 'x' is the amount of money I have, then this translates to
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