At Peanut Emporium, peanuts cost $3 per pound with a 15-pound minimum. If Baxter spent $105 on peanuts, how many pounds over the minimum did he purchase?
Let’s work this out in a step by step way to be sure we have the right answer.
20
Start by figuring the number of pounds Baxter bought.

$105 / $3 per pound = 35 pounds of peanuts.

35 pounds bought - 15 pounds minimum = 20 pounds over.

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The final answer: 20