Asked by Stephen

Elliot collects mini cars. He wants to fill 4 display cases that each hold 15 mini cars. Elliot has 28 cars now and is able to buy 3 more every month with his allowance. How many more months until all of the display cases are full?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total capacity = 4 × 15 = 60 cars.
Cars needed = 60 − 28 = 32 cars.
At 3 cars per month, months needed = ceil(32 ÷ 3) = 11 months.

(Check: after 10 months he'd have 28 + 30 = 58, still short; after 11 months he'd have 61, enough.)