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The 450 juniors at East HS drink a total of 1500 cartons of milk per 5-day week. If the average senior drinks milk at the same rate as the average junior, what is the average number of total cartons of milk the 600 seniors drink each school day?
1500 cartons for 5 days works out to 300 cartons for 1 day
spread among 450 juniors, so each junior drinks 2/3 of a carton per day.
The seniors drink milk at the same rate; however, there are 600 of them,
so the senior class drink 2/3 x 600 = 400 cartons for 1 day
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