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One day the Beverage Barn sold 252252 cans of soda to 100100 customers, and every customer bought at least one can of soda. What is the maximum possible median number of cans of soda bought per customer on that day?

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Answer: 3.5
100 people = median will be the average of the 50th and 51st largest amount of cans.
252 - 49 cans = 253
253 / 51 = 3 with a remainder of 50
50th person can have 3 cans each which leaves 4
Average of 3 and 4 is: 3.5
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