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Adults remaining food feed

Source: 1993 AMC 8 Problem 6

June 28, 2011
AMC

Problem Statement

A can of soup can feed 33 adults or 55 children. If there are 55 cans of soup and 1515 children are fed, then how many adults would the remaining soup feed?
(A) 5(B) 6(C) 7(D) 8(E) 10\text{(A)}\ 5 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 7 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 8 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 10