Question

A The net weight of a bottle of olives is 338 grams. Find the smallest number of bottles that must be purchased to have at least 5 kilograms of olives.

a.

20 bottles

b.

15 bottles

c.

5 bottles

d.

25 bottles

e.

10 bottles

Answer 1

Option B is the correct choice.

Explanation:

We have been given that the net weight of a bottle of olives is 338 grams and we are asked to find smallest number of bottles that must be purchased to have at least 5 kilograms of olives.

Let us convert 5 kilograms into grams.

`\text{5 kilograms}=5*1000\text{ grams}=5000\text{ grams}`

Now we can find least number of bottles that must be purchased from dividing 5000 by 338.

`\text{Number of bottles that must be purchased}=(5000)/(338)`

`\text{Number of bottles that must be purchased}=14.7928`

Now we will round our answer to nearest whole number. Therefore, to have at least 5 kg of olives 15 bottles must be purchased.