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Amy, Dan and mike are competing in a cooking contest they all used different amounts of milk from a container holding 6 gallons of milk

* amy used 13% of the total milk in the container
* Dan used 0.14 of the total milk in the container
*mike used 0.5 gallon of the total milk in the container

who used the greatest amount of milk in the container? show your work and explain your answer in words

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Answer: 0.14

Explanation:

You had to convert the decimals into percentages move the decimal point two places to the left which makes 14% the answer

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Answer:

Mike used the most milk because 0.5 is equal to 50% and 0.14 is equal to 14% and 50% is the highest number.

Explanation:

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