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Lena has three cups of milk in a refrigerator she needs 1/3 of a cup of milk to make a BATCHES of 6 cupcakes how many cupcakes will need to be able to make with that amount of milk in the refrigerator​

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Answer: Lena will be able to make 54 cupcakes.

Explanation:

If 1/3 cups has t make 6 cups , then we can set up a proportional relationship and find out how much 3 cups of milk can make.


(1/3)/(3) = (6)/(x) Cross multiply

1/3x = 18 Multiply both sides by 3.

x = 54

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