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Two batches of chocolate chip cookies call for 40 ounces of chocolate chips. If there are 16 ounces in a pound, how many pounds of chocolate chips are in the two batches?

User Hoonzis
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The rule of three:

ounces _____ pound
16 ----------------- 1
40 ----------------- y

Solving:


(16)/(40) = (1)/(y)
Cross multiplies

16*y = 40*1

16y = 40

y = (40)/(16)

\boxed{y=2.5}

Answer:
2.5 o
f chocolate chips are in the two batches
User Aniket Patil
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2.5 pounds of chocolate chips.
You have to divide 40 by 16 to get the amount of pounds in two batches. 40/16 is 2.5.
User Chris U
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