A breakfast-food company had a contest in which numbers were placed in breakfast-food boxes. A prize of $1000 was awarded to anyone who could collect numbers whose sum was 100. The company had thousands of cards made with the following numbers on them. Complete parts a and b below. 9 12 15 18 27 30 42 75 81 90 48 No O Yes 69 a. If the company did not make any more cards, is there a winning combination? b. If the company is going to add one more number to the list and it wants to make sure the contest has at most 1000 winners, suggest a strategy to use. Choose the correct answer below and, if necessary, fill in any answer boxes in your choice. O A. The company could place a card with the number 1000 on it. OB. The company does not need to add any additional cards, because it already has cards with the numbers cards. (Use ascending order.) OC. The company could place at most 1000 cards with the number 1 on the card. OD. The company does not need to add any additional cards, because it already has cards with the numbers cards. (Use ascending order.) OE. The company could place at most 1000 cards with the number 99 on the card. ., and and on them. The company could place at most 1000 of each of these on them. The company could place at most 1000 of each of these
A breakfast-food company had a contest in which numbers were placed in breakfast-food boxes. A prize of $1000 was awarded to anyone who could collect numbers whose sum was 100. The company had thousands of cards made with the following numbers on them. Complete parts a and b below. 9 12 15 18 27 30 42 75 81 90 48 No O Yes 69 a. If the company did not make any more cards, is there a winning combination? b. If the company is going to add one more number to the list and it wants to make sure the contest has at most 1000 winners, suggest a strategy to use. Choose the correct answer below and, if necessary, fill in any answer boxes in your choice. O A. The company could place a card with the number 1000 on it. OB. The company does not need to add any additional cards, because it already has cards with the numbers cards. (Use ascending order.) OC. The company could place at most 1000 cards with the number 1 on the card. OD. The company does not need to add any additional cards, because it already has cards with the numbers cards. (Use ascending order.) OE. The company could place at most 1000 cards with the number 99 on the card. ., and and on them. The company could place at most 1000 of each of these on them. The company could place at most 1000 of each of these