Charlie used = of his money to buy 4 packets of flour and 7 packets of sugar. The cost of 2 packets of flour was the same as that of 3 packets of sugar. What was the most number of packets of sugar that Charlie could buy with the money he had left?

Charlie used = of his money to buy 4 packets of flour and 7 packets of sugar. The cost of 2 packets of flour was the same as that of 3 packets of sugar. What was the most number of packets of sugar that Charlie could buy with the money he had left?

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Chapter3: Math Models

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Charlie used of his money to buy 4 packets of flour and 7 packets of
sugar. The cost of 2 packets of flour was the same as that of 3 packets of
sugar. What was the most number of packets of sugar that Charlie could
buy with the money he had left?

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