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Answer:
- 3 packages of American (7/8 lb)
- 2 packages of cheddar (1/2 lb)
Step-by-step explanation:
The amount of cheese Mrs Mack needs is an odd number of eighths of a pound. So, she must buy an odd number of the 7/8 pound packages.
If she were to buy any 1/5 pound packages, she would have to buy a multiple of 5 of them so as to have an integral number of eighths. The only suitable multiple is 0.
If Mrs Mack buys 1 of the 7/8 pound packages, she cannot make up the difference with half-pound packages. She must buy 3 of the 7/8 pound packages, for a total of 2 5/8 pounds of American cheese. The remaining pound can be bought as 2 of the 1/2 pound packages.
To buy 3 5/8 pounds, Mrs Mack must purchase ...
3 packages of American cheese (7/8 lb each)
2 packages of Cheddar cheese (1/2 lb each)
True. Integers are whole numbers both positive and negative. Natural numbers are only whole positive numbers. So it is true whenever you are dealing with positive integers and it is false when you are dealing with negative integers.
The probability of picking a blue jelly bean is 10/12=0.833, since there are 10 blue and 12 jelly beans in total.
Each time the probability of picking blue is the same, since put back in the box whatever jelly bean we pick
P(blue, blue, blue) = P(blue) × P(blue) × P(blue) = 0.833×0.833×0.833=0.579
Answer: 0.579