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A group of mountain climbers begin an expedition with 250 pounds of food. They plan to eat a total of 12 pounds of food per day right and solve a linear equation to find the num…

A group of mountain climbers begin an expedition with 250 pounds of food. They plan to eat a total of 12 pounds of food per day right and solve a linear equation to find the num…
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A group of mountain climbers begin an expedition with 250 pounds of food. They plan to eat a total of 12 pounds of food per day right and solve a linear equation to find the number of days the food will last.

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Answer:

20

Explanation:

Let the number of days be
d.


250=12d \\ \\ d=(250)/(12)=(125)/(6) \implies \lfloor d \rfloor=20

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