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| − | A small bottle of shampoo can hold 35 milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold 500 milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy? | + | A small bottle of shampoo can hold <math>35</math> milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold <math>500</math> milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy? |
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Revision as of 01:29, 10 February 2011
Problem
A small bottle of shampoo can hold 
milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold 
milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?
Solution
To find how many small bottles we need, we can simply divide 500 by 35. This simplifies to 100/7=14+2/7. Since the answer must be an integer greater than 14, we have to round up to 15 bottles=
See also
| 2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 2 |
Followed by Problem 4 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
