a number of 53 marbles is to be divided and contain with boxes . if each box is to contain 3 , 4 , or 5 marbles , what is the largest possible number of boxes ?
"to maximize # of boxes we should minimize marbles per box : 16 * 3 + 1 * 5 = 53 - - > 16 + 1 = 17 . answer : e ."
divide(53, 3)