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Benjamin has enough icing to cover a 12-square-foot cake.

He wants to use the icing to cover 2 equal-sized cakes.
Write an expression that shows the size of each of two cakes
that Benjamin can cover with the icing and solve.

User Alpav
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Answer:

whats 9+10= 21

Step-by-step explanation:

add it use your fingers

User LuMa
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Step-by-step explanation:

The area of each of the 2 equal-sized cakes shall be half of 12 ft²:

12 ft² / 2 = 6 ft²

The area of a square shape is equal to the side length squared. Naming x the side length, you have the expression for the side length:

Benjamin has enough icing to cover a 12-square-foot cake. He wants to use the icing-example-1
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