Jayne bought between 2 and 3 pounds of granola. If the amount of granola she bought was closer to 2 pounds, how many pounds could she have bought?

Question

Jayne bought between 2 and 3 pounds of granola. If the amount of granola she bought was closer to 2 pounds, how many pounds could she have bought?

Answer 1

She could have bought any amount between 2 and 2.5 lbs, not including 2 and 2.5 lb. In interval notation, this would be:

 

2 < x < 2.5

 

where x = the number of pounds of granola that Jayne bought

 

For example, she could have bought 2.01 or 2.49 lb. 

Answer 2

Any number between 2 and 2.5 will suffice.