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A restaurant has 10 booths that will seat up to 4 people each. If 20 people are seated in booths, and NO booths are empty, what is the greatest possible number of booths that could be filled with 4 people?
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A restaurant has 10 booths that will seat up to 4 people each. If 20 people are seated in booths, and NO booths are empty, what is the greatest possible number of booths that could be filled with 4 people?

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x+y=10
4x+10-y=20
y=10-y
4x+10-x=20
3x=20-10=10
x=10/3= 3.33
Round down(x)=3
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Answer: 3

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