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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? | 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? | ||
<math> | |||
\textbf{(A)}\ 11 \qquad | |||
\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad | |||
\textbf{(C)}\ 13 \qquad | |||
\textbf{(D)}\ 14 \qquad | |||
\textbf{(E)}\ 15 </math> | |||
== Solution == | == Solution == | ||
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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 by . This simplifies to 
. Since the answer must be an integer greater than 
, we have to round up to 
bottles=
See also
| 2011 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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