Question

Mrs. Adams is making sugar cookies at her friend's house. Each batchof sugar cookies requires 8 eggs. If she makes 5 batches of sugarcookies, how many total eggs will Mrs. Adams need?label optional

Answer 1

Mrs. Adams will need 40 eggs

Step-by-step explanation

to solve this you can use a rule of three

Step 1

Let

x, the total eggs needed for 5 batches

if

`1\text{ batch }\Rightarrow8\text{ eggs}`

then,

`5\text{ batches}\Rightarrow\text{ x eggs}`

Step 2

establish the relation

`(1)/(8)=(5)/(x)`

Step 3

solve for x

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(8)=(5)/(x) \\ 1\cdot x=5\cdot8 \\ x=40 \end{gathered}`

so, Mrs. Adams will need 40 eggs