A hot air balloon can hold up to 300 pounds of weight. The balloon's pilot weighs 140 pounds. How many 20 -pound bags of sand b can also be carried by the hot air balloon? Choose three correct answers.

After the 140-pound pilot boards, the balloon has 300 − 140 = 160 pounds of capacity left. That is enough for up to 160 ÷ 20 = 8 bags, so carrying 8 bags or fewer is possible. Thus 0, 5, and 8 bags are correct; 10 bags would exceed the capacity, and a negative number of bags is not possible.

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