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Mariah needs to buy soda for a backyard barbecue. She invited 50 people and expects each person to drink two cans of soda. If each case of soda contains 12 cans, how many cases should Mariah buy?

a).10
b).9
c).7

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Answer: 9

Explanation:

50 x 2= 100 (this tells you how much soda is going to be drank it total)

100/12 = 8.3 (this tells you how many cases you should buy, its 8.3 so you would need to round up to 9.)

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