SOLUTION: Kyle has to put 100 cartons of eggs into boxes. Each carton of eggs weighs 24 ounces, and each box can hold up to 150 ounces. No carton can be split between 2 boxes. If all but one
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Question 1179046: Kyle has to put 100 cartons of eggs into boxes. Each carton of eggs weighs 24 ounces, and each box can hold up to 150 ounces. No carton can be split between 2 boxes. If all but one box is filled to the maximum possible number of cartons, how many cartons of eggs will be in the box that is partially filled?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
150/24 = 6.25; each box can hold 6 cartons of eggs.
100/6 = 16 remainder 4; 16 boxes can contain the maximum of 6 boxes each; the remaining box will contain 4 cartons.
ANSWER: 4
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