SOLUTION: The net weight of a bottle of olives is 331 grams. Find the smallest number of bottles that must be purchased to have at least 3 kilograms of olives.

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Question 207895: The net weight of a bottle of olives is 331 grams. Find the smallest number of bottles that must be purchased to have at least 3 kilograms of olives.
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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each bottle can hold 331 grams.
total weight is 3000 grams (1 kilogram = 1000 grams)
300/331 = 9.06 which means that the smalles number of bottles to hold the whole thing is 10.
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