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Mrs. Adams is making sugar cookies at her friend's house. Each batchof sugar cookies requires 8 eggs. If she makes 5 batches of sugarcookies, how many total eggs will Mrs. Adams need?label optional

Answer :

Mrs. Adams will need 40 eggs

Explanation

to solve this you can use a rule of three

Step 1

Let

x, the total eggs needed for 5 batches

if

[tex]1\text{ batch }\Rightarrow8\text{ eggs}[/tex]

then,

[tex]5\text{ batches}\Rightarrow\text{ x eggs}[/tex]

Step 2

establish the relation

[tex]\frac{1}{8}=\frac{5}{x}[/tex]

Step 3

solve for x

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{8}=\frac{5}{x} \\ 1\cdot x=5\cdot8 \\ x=40 \end{gathered}[/tex]

so, Mrs. Adams will need 40 eggs

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