A coach has 17 pompoms to give to her cheerleading team. If each cheerleader needs 2 pompoms to compete, what is the greatest number of cheerleaders that can compete? Will there…

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Mathijs · Answer 1 · 2021-07-09T04:42:07+0000

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that a coach has 17 pompoms to give to her cheerleading team and that each cheerleader needs 2 pompoms to compete.

The greatest number of cheerleaders that can compete will be calculated as:

= 17 / 2

= 8 1/2

Therefore, the greatest number of cheerleader is 8.

There be 1 pompom remaining.