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A can of soup can feed <math>3</math> adults or <math>5</math> children.  If there are <math>5</math> cans of soup and <math>15</math> children are fed, then how many adults would the remaining soup feed?
 
A can of soup can feed <math>3</math> adults or <math>5</math> children.  If there are <math>5</math> cans of soup and <math>15</math> children are fed, then how many adults would the remaining soup feed?
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Latest revision as of 00:11, 5 July 2013

Problem

A can of soup can feed $3$ adults or $5$ children. If there are $5$ cans of soup and $15$ children are fed, then how many adults would the remaining soup feed?

$\text{(A)}\ 5 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 10$

Solution

A can of soup will feed $5$ children so $15$ children are feed by $3$ cans of soup. Therefore, there are $5-3=2$ cans for adults, so $3 \times 2 =\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ 6}$ adults are fed.

See Also

1993 AJHSME (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 5
Followed by
Problem 7
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