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A carpenter has less than 120 min. to spend painting furniture each day. Today, he has spent 30.5 min. painting a desk. Now he will paint x chairs, each of which takes 12.5 min. What is the maximum number of chairs the carpenter can paint? 7 8 12 13

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The correct answer is 7 .
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assume 120 mins

30.5 spent
120=30.5=89.5 left

time/timeperdesk=number of desks
89.5/12.5=7.16

less
7 desks


7 is your final answer.
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