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食べてもいい
Te mo ii covers both may and can in the permission sense. Adding desu ka turns it into the standard way of asking permission in a shop or someone else home.
Examples in context
このケーキを食べてもいい
You may eat this cake
写真を撮ってもいいですか
May I take a photo
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