Question

A box can hold a maximum of 8 cans. You have 50 cans to put in boxes. What is the smallest number of boxes you need to store all of the cans in boxes?

Answer 1

Answer:

7boxes

Step-by-step explanation:

A box can hold a maximum of 8 cans

You have a total of 50 cans

The problem here is to determine the minimum number of boxes that can hold the 50 cans

Let the minimum number of boxes = y

The minimum required will be such that:

The Product of The number of cans X Number of Required boxes ≥50

8y≥50

y≥50/8

y≥6.25

Since a box have a fractional value, the minimum number of boxes required to store 50 cans will be the nearest whole number which in this case is 7.