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2025 AMC 12B Problem 1

Problem 1 of 25EasierAlgebra

The instructions on a 350350-gram bag of coffee beans say that proper brewing of a large mug of pour-over coffee requires 2020 grams of coffee beans. What is the greatest number of properly brewed large mugs of coffee that can be made from the coffee beans in that bag?

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Each mug uses 2020 grams, and 35020=17.5.\dfrac{350}{20} = 17.5. Only complete mugs can be brewed, so the greatest number is 17.17. Thus, the correct answer is B.

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