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| == Problem 2 ==
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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?
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| <math>\textbf{(A)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 13\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 14\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15 </math>
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| == Solution ==
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| You want to find the minimum number of small bottles: so you do <math>\frac{500}{35} \approx 14.3 </math> which you round to <math>15</math>.
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| The answer is <math>\mathbf{\boxed{15\text{(E)}}}</math>.
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| == See Also ==
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| {{AMC10 box|year=2011|ab=A|num-b=1|num-a=3}}
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