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Find the minimum bottles bought

Source: AMC 10 2011 a problem 2

June 25, 2011
ceiling functionAMC

Problem Statement

A small bottle of shampoo can hold 35 milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold 500 milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 11<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 12<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 13<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 14<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 15 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 11 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 12 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 13\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 14\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 15