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Mariana tried to drink a slushy as fast as she could.She drank the slushy at a rate of 4.5 miliiliter per second.After 17 seconds, 148.5 milliliters of slushy remained. How much slusly was originally in the cup?

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Since she drank 4.5 mm of slushy per second, she continued to drink for 17 seconds so 4.5•17=76.5 Now that you have how much she drank, add that to how much is remaining (148.5) and the original amount that she drank; the answer is 225 milliliter of slushy
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