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A roller coaster has 10 carts that will seat up to 4 people each. If 26 people are seated in the carts and NO carts are empty, what is the greatest possible number of carts that could be filled with 4 people?

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To maximize the number of carts filled with 4 people, you can start by filling as many carts as possible with 4 people and then see how many people are left.

Each cart can seat up to 4 people, and you have 26 people in total. So, you can fill as many carts as possible with 4 people:

26 / 4 = 6.5

You can fill 6 carts completely with 4 people each. However, you will have 2 people left.

Now, you can't fill another complete cart with those 2 people because each cart can only seat 4. Therefore, you can't completely fill any more carts.

So, the greatest possible number of carts that could be filled with 4 people is 6.
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