While setting problems on Brilliant, Calvin absentmindedly eats through 7 bags of gummy worms. He looks up the 'nutritional information' on the bag, and notices that each bag of gummy worms contains 6 servings, and each serving has a whole number of calories. Given this, Calvin calculated that he consumed just above 1000 calories. What is the minimum possible number of calories that Calvin could have consumed from these bags of gummy worms?
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dude i like your 'about urself' - "so u are luking at my status" :)
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Hehe , thanks.
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Wait so how would we know to round up to 24? I'm not great at math I was just curious
You beat me to the solution:)
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Hey , you posted the same solution!
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Yours didn't show until after I had posted mine.
P.S. Great minds think alike!
P.P.S. Did you know that P.S. stands for Post Script?
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@A Former Brilliant Member – I didn't know that. BTW then whats P . P . S ?
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@Nihar Mahajan – Post Post Script. Literally meaning "after after script".
Since 6 ∗ 7 = 4 2 , we are looking for the smallest multiple of 4 2 above 1 0 0 0 . This will equal ⌈ 1 0 0 0 / 4 2 ⌉ = 2 4 . Therefore, the answer is 4 2 × 2 4 = 1 0 0 8 .
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From the conditions , we are looking for the smallest number above 1 0 0 0 that is a multiple of 6 × 7 = 4 2 . Since ⌈ 4 2 1 0 0 0 ⌉ ≈ ⌈ 2 3 . 8 ⌉ = 2 4 , the maximum number of calories that Calvin could have consumed is 2 4 × 4 2 = 1 0 0 8