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Carly purchased 9.5 pints of ice cream for a party. If each guest will be served exactly 3/5 pints of ice cream, what is the greatest number of guests that Carly can serve?
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Carly purchased 9.5 pints of ice cream for a party. If each guest will be served exactly 3/5 pints of ice cream, what is the greatest number of guests that Carly can serve?

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tell carly to hide the ice cream

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Answer: 15 guests

Explanation: To get this, you do 9.5/0.6 and that'll give you 15.833333 etc.. however since it is not a complete 16 you round down and get 15 guests.
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