Ten letters need to be posted. A letter is placed in an envelope that has the address position embedded in it. It is given that a single envelope can contain more than 1 letter but not more than 5 letters. Determine the smallest number of envelopes required.

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Solution

The correct option is A 2
Factors of $10$ are $1, 2, 5, 10$
Hence, multiples of $5$ are $5, 10$ and so on.
Given that each envelope can hold more than 1 letter but not more than 5 letters,
$\Rightarrow 5 \times 2 = 10$
If each envelope contains 5 letters, the total number of envelopes required is 2.

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Ten letters need to be posted. A letter is placed in an envelope that has the address position embedded in it. It is given that a single envelope can contain more than 1 letter but not more than 5 letters. Determine the smallest number of envelopes required. 2

The correct option is A 2Factors of 10 are 1,2,5,10 Hence, multiples of 5 are 5,10 and so on. Given that each envelope can hold more than 1 letter but not more than 5 letters, ⇒5×2=10 If each envelope contains 5 letters, the total number of envelopes required is 2.

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