There are 1,657 souvenir paperweights that need to be packed in boxes. Each box will hold 17
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Answer:
Therefore we can say that 98 boxes will be needed to hold all the paperweights.
Step-by-step explanation:
i) there are 1657 souvenir paperweights that need to be packed in boxes.
ii) each box will hold 17 paperweights
iii) therefore the number of boxes that will be needed are
= =
= 97.471
iv) Therefore we can say that 98 boxes will be needed to hold all the paperweights.
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