The Guests at a football banquet consumed a total of 319 pounds of food. if no individual guest consumed more than 2 pounds of food, What is the minimum number of guests that could have attended the banquet?
Answers.
A) 160 B) 161 C) 162 D) 163 E) 164
To minimize one quantity maximize other.   159*2 (max possible amount of food a guest could consume) = 318 pounds, so there must be more than 159 guests, next integer is 160.   160nswer: 160.
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The Guests at a football banquet consumed a total of 319 pounds of food. if no individual guest consumed more than 2 pounds of food, What is the minimum number of guests that could have attended the banquet?