Question: Professor Oddnumber is very excited Chick-fil-A is now open on the NSU Campus. He orders a large number of 12-count chicken nuggets to feed his class but since he loves odd numbers (and he’s a good customer of Chick-fil-A) Chick-fil-A agrees to let him order nuggets in 5-count and 7-count boxes. When asked how many students are in his class, Dr. Oddnumber replies “The number of students in my class is equal to the largest integral number of chicken nuggets that I cannot obtain solely through buying boxes of 5 nuggets and 7 nuggets.”
How many students are in his class? Hint: His class is in Carl DeSantis 1048 which has a maximum capacity of 35 students.
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23 (by the Chicken Nugget Theorem).
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