Answer:
Six
Step-by-step explanation:
What do we know?
1 lb pack = $2
3 lbs pack = $5
9 packs are purchased for $36
Solve
The biggest amount of 3-pound bags can be 7. That cannot be because that would be $35, and there are no 1-pound bags.
Go down to 6. 6 bags of 3 pounds would cost $30. You can also get 3 2-pound bags to get to 36. Cost is reached. 6+3 = 9. Number of bags reached.
six 3-pound bags
