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Mitch has 2 cups of unpopped popcorn always there uses 1/4 cup to make one bowl of popcorn how many bowls of popcorn can he make

Mitch has 2 cups of unpopped popcorn always there uses 1/4 cup to make one bowl of-example-1
User Amitava Mozumder
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Let x be number of bowl popcorn can be made.

The equation is,


(2)/((1)/(4))=(x)/(1)

Simplify the equation to obtain the value of x.


\begin{gathered} (2)/((1)/(4))=(x)/(1) \\ 2\cdot4=x \\ x=8 \end{gathered}

So 8 number of bowls of popcorn can be made from 2 cups of unpopped popcorn.

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