The Byrds. You have 16 new CDs to put on your empty five-shelf CD rack. Can you place the CDs so that each shelf contains three or fewer CDs? Can you arrange them so that each shelf contains exactly three?

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Brianna Sellers

Mathematics

12 August, 09:53

The Byrds. You have 16 new CDs to put on your empty five-shelf CD rack. Can you place the CDs so that each shelf contains three or fewer CDs? Can you arrange them so that each shelf contains exactly three?

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Emerson Griffith · Answer 1

If each shelf is to contain exactly 3 new CDs and there are only 5 shelves, only 15 can be placed in the rack. So, the answer to the second question is no. The same goes for the first question as placing 3 or fewer CDs to the shelves will make the rack insufficient for the CDs.