If four people share 100 baseball cards and each person must receive a different positive whole number of cards, what is the greatest possible number of cards any one person may have?

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Reynolds

Mathematics

19 February, 02:07

If four people share 100 baseball cards and each person must receive a different positive whole number of cards, what is the greatest possible number of cards any one person may have?

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Isabelle Richmond · Answer 1

One person recieves 1. Second person receives 2. Third person receives 3. The amount of cards left over is 94. So the fourth person receives the highest amount possible with everyone in positive numbers of cards.