SOLUTION: A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party

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Question 1206724: A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party at a large company. How many sandwiches did Jane have to pay for?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39627)   (Show Source):
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Answer by greenestamps(13206)   (Show Source):
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For each group of 5+3=8 sandwiches, she pays for 5.

619/8 = 77 remainder 3

She bought 77 groups of 8 sandwiches each; in each of those 77 groups she paid for 5.Then she paid for the remaining 3 sandwiches.

ANSWER: 77*5+3=385+3=388

Answer by ikleyn(52864)   (Show Source):
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A deli is offering a special for its sandwiches. A customer will receive three free sandwiches
for every five sandwiches purchased. Jane ordered 619 sandwiches for an office party at a large company.
How many sandwiches did Jane have to pay for?
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Divide 619 by (3+5) = 8 : 619:8 = 77*8 + 3. For each group of 8 sandwiches, Jane pays for only 5; the rest 3 of this group she gets for free. So, Jane pays for 5*77 + 3 = 388 sandwiches, only.

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Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source):
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three free sandwiches for every five sandwiches purchased
group of sandwiches
if Jane ordered sandwiches, then
which means Jane ordered times group of sandwiches and sandwiches are left to be paid

she paid for sandwiches and got free
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