John needs 13 bottles of water from the store. john can only carry 3 at a time. what's the minimum number of trips john needs to

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lianna [129]

3 years ago

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John needs 13 bottles of water from the store. john can only carry 3 at a time. what's the minimum number of trips john needs to

make to the store?

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Lostsunrise [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-14T06:24:26+03:00

Lostsunrise [7]3 years ago

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The minimum amount of trips would be 5. This is because in one trip he can only carry 3, so you would take 5 times 3. You may think it should be 4 trips, but 12 is 1 short of 13,so you would have to make one extra trip to get all 13 bottles.