Assume we have 30 students to assign to 4 sections of a course. To compute the minimum number of students in a section that holds the maximum number of students, we use: ?30/4?=7.5 ?30/4?=8 30*4=120 ?30/4?=7
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5$ Since we cannot have a fraction of a student, we need to round up to the nearest whole number to ensure that all students are assigned to a section: Show more…
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