Mr. Martinez has 3 ice chests. He is placing 14 lunches in each ice chest. Each lunch contains a sandwich, a bag of chips, and a drink. About 55% of these lunches contain a ham sandwich. Which of the following is closest to the number of lunches that contain a ham sandwich? Please Explain your thinking

A) 23

B) 8

C) 17

D) 9

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  A)  23

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of sandwiches will be ...

  (3 chests)(14 lunches/chest) = 42 lunches

The fraction that have ham sandwiches is 0.55, so the number is about ...

  (0.55)(42 lunches) = 23.1 lunches ≈ 23 lunches

About 23 lunches contain ham sandwiches.

abde or 1,2,4, 5 is the answer

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