Five students volunteered to carry boxes. There are 62 boxes. Is it possible for each student to carry the same number of boxes and have all the boxes carried?

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asked Feb 2, 2019 112k views

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Courvoisier · Answer 1 · 2019-02-06T17:24:57+0000

Answer: It is not possible for each student to carry the same number of boxes and have all the boxes carried.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Total number of boxes = 62

Total number of students = 5

And we are asked to check that each student must carry the same number of boxes and have all the boxes carried.

For this 62 must be completely divisible by 5 without any remainder,

But we know that ,

(62)/(5)=12.4

12 bags each student can carry but 2 bags gets remain.

So, it is not possible for each student to carry the same number of boxes and have all the boxes carried.