Question

The distance between two shelves in Monica's kitchen is 36 cm. The height of a stack of 8 glasses is 42 cm and a stack of 2 glasses is 18 cm high. What is the maximum number of glasses that can be stacked to fit between two shelves in the cabinet?

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Answer 1

The maximum number of glasses that can be stacked between the shelves is 0.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the maximum number of glasses that can be stacked between the shelves, we need to divide the distance between the shelves by the height of a single stack of glasses. The height of a stack of 8 glasses is 42 cm, so the number of stacks that can fit between the shelves is 36 cm / 42 cm = 0.8571.

To determine the maximum number of glasses, we need to round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the maximum number of glasses that can be stacked is 0. Since we cannot stack fractional numbers of glasses, the maximum number of glasses that can fit is 0.