SOLUTION: Cathy is buying plants and soil for her garden the soil cost php 20 per bag and the plants cost php 75 each she wants to buy at least 5 plants she cannot spend more than php 400 ho

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Question 1148495: Cathy is buying plants and soil for her garden the soil cost php 20 per bag and the plants cost php 75 each she wants to buy at least 5 plants she cannot spend more than php 400 how many bags of soil can she buy
Answer by ikleyn(52877) About Me  (Show Source):
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She can afford buying  %28400-75%2A5%29%2F20 = 1.25 bags.


More precisely, since the number of bags is an integer number,


she can afford to buy 1 bag of soil, and can not afford buying 2 or more bags.    ANSWER