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Maria is going to purchase celery and onions for a new black bean soup recipe. The recipe calls for 1.5 times as many pounds of onions as celery. If she has $8.10, what is the most pounds of celery she can buy if celery costs $1.80 per pound and onions cost $1.50 per pound?

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The maximum pounds of celery she can buy is  3.25 pounds.

What are the linear equations that represent the question?

1.5c = o equation 1

1.50o + 1.80c = 8.10 equation 2

Where:

o = pounds of onions

c = pounds of celery

How many pounds of celery can she buy?
Substitute for o in equation 2 using equation 1

1.50(1.50) + 1.80c = 8.10

2.25 + 1.80c = 8.10

1.80 = 8.10 - 2.25

1.80c = 5.85

c = 5.85 / 1.80

c = 3.25 pounds

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