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A chef has less than 25.8 lb of rice. She takes out 5 lb to use during the day and stores the rest in containers. Each container has 2.5 lb of rice. Let x represent the number of containers. What is the maximum number of containers the chef will be able to fill with rice?
13

12

8

7

User Endrik
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the answer will be eight..........
User Xiaoyu Yu
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It is 8. When you subtract 5 you end up with 20.8. then you simply divide 20.8 by 2.5 and move the decimals over 1. you end up with 8.

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