Celia has $20 to spend at the grocery store. She needs milk, bread, and fruit. If milk cost $3 and bread costs at least $2, how much can she spend on fruit?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-20T01:10:09

Celia can spend $15$ $15$ dollars on fruit.

Let's break down this problem into simpler parts. She has $20$ $20$ dollars and she needs to buy milk, bread, and fruit. So our equation looks like:

$m + b + f = 20$ $m+b+f=20$

where $m =$ $m=$ milk, $b =$ $b=$ bread, and $f =$ $f=$ fruit.

We know $m = 3$ $m=3$ and $b = 2$ $b=2$ . Plug those into our equations:

$3 + 2 + f = 20$ $3+2+f=20$

Now, we need to find out how much money she has left on fruit. We need to solve for $f$ $f$ .

First, let's add $3$ $3$ to $2$ $2$ on the left side:

$5 + f = 20$ $5+f=20$

Now we can subtract $5$ $5$ from both sides:

$5 + f - 5 = 20 - 5$ $5+f-5=20-5$

Simplify both sides:

$f = 15$ $f=15$

So Celia can spend $15$ $15$ dollars on fruit.