2011 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3
Problem
A small bottle of shampoo can hold 
milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold 
milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?
Solution 1
To find how many small bottles we need, we can simply divide by . This simplifies to 
Since the answer must be an integer greater than 
, we have to round up to 
bottles, or 
Solution 2
We double to get 
We see that 
which is very close to 
Thus, 
bottles are enough.
~Technodoggo
Video Solution
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See also
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