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Five pets are competing in a best pet contest. Nighty children vote and the pet with the most votes will win. What is the smallest number of votes that a pet could receive and still win the contest? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "Divide the ninety votes by 5 to get 18:
\n" ); document.write( "Reduce the number of votes for each dog by one and give those votes to the winning dog.
\n" ); document.write( "Thaen each has 17,17,17,17,17+5 = 22
\n" ); document.write( "Give back one vote each of 3 of the dog votes
\n" ); document.write( "to get 18,18,18,17,19
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\n" ); document.write( "19 is the smallest number that can be an outright winner.
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