A sack of potatoes weighs 14 pounds 9 ounces. after Wendy makes potato salad for a picnic the sack weighs 9 pounds and 14 ounces what is the weight Wendy used for the potato salad

  4 lb 11 oz

Step-by-step explanation:

The difference in weights is ...

  14 lb 9 oz - (9 lb 14 oz) = (14 -9) lb (9 -14) oz = 5 lb (-5 oz)

There are 16 ounces in a pound, so this is ...

  5 lb (-5 oz) = 4 lb 11 oz

Wendy used 4 lb 11 oz of potatoes for the salad.

first anwser choice.

step-by-step explanation:

the greater/less or equal to symbol (> or < with the line at the bottom) is a closed/filled in circle.

-5c + 2 _< _27

subtract from both sides by 2

-5c _< _ 27

divide both sides by -5

c _< _ 5.4

flip the inequality sign

c _> _5.4

the only possible answer that would match the simplified inequality is the first answer choice