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== Problem 2 == | |||
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? | |||
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 11 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 13\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 14\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15 </math> | |||
== Solution == | |||
You want to find the minimum number of small bottles, so you do <math>500/35 \approx 14.3 </math> which you round to <math>15</math>. | You want to find the minimum number of small bottles, so you do <math>500/35 \approx 14.3 </math> which you round to <math>15</math>. | ||
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Problem 2
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?
Solution
You want to find the minimum number of small bottles, so you do 
which you round to 
.
