Use the following information to answer questions 1 through 8: A student has a monthly budget of $120 to spend on either burritos, which cost $6 each, or sodas, which cost $4 each. What is the largest number of burritos that the student could afford to purchase in one month? What is the largest number of sodas the student could afford to purchase in one month?

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Use the following information to answer questions 1 through 8:

A student has a monthly budget of $120 to spend on either burritos, which cost $6 each, or sodas, which cost $4 each.


  1. What is the largest number of burritos that the student could afford to purchase in one month?


  2. What is the largest number of sodas the student could afford to purchase in one month?


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