Cassi bought 5 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

8 pots

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct question is

Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt. She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard. Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

step 1

1) Cassi bought 50 pounds of dirt

She used 10 pounds to fill a hole in her yard

so

The remaining pounds of dirt are

2) Then she filled pots with 5 pounds of soil in each pot. How many pots could she fill?

Let

x ---->the number of filled pots

we know that

The number of filled pots multiplied by 5 pounds each should equal the remaining pounds of dirt.

The linear equation that represent this situation is

solve for x

Divide by 5 both sides

25/6

step-by-step explanation:

you multiply 4 by the denominator (4*6=24) and add it to the numerator which makes it 25/6.