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How many filled bottles can be collected?

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A shopkeeper gives a full bottle of soft drink in return for five empty bottles. A guy has 77 empty bottles and he can use them to get full soft drink bottles.

How many filled bottles will he be able to collect?

posted May 13, 2017 by anonymous

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19 filled bottles (assuming he drinks the bottles)
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77 / 5 = 15 --> empty bottles = 2+15
17 / 5 = 3 --> empty bottles = 2+3
5 / 5 = 1

answer May 13, 2017 by Jcm



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