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A candy company sells premium chocolate candies at `$5` per pound and regular chocolate candies at `$4` per pound in increments of whole pounds only. If Barrett buys a 7 - pound box of chocolate candies that costs him `$31`, how many pounds of premium chocolate cadies are in the box?

A

1

B

2

C

3

D

4

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