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Abdul uses 2 cups of milk to make a chocolate pudding cake. How many of these cakes can he make with 3 gallons of milk?
Hint: There are 16 cups in 1 gallon.

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Answer: 24 cakes

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Work Shown:

1 gallon = 16 cups

3 gallons = 48 cups ... multiply both sides by 3

(2 cups of milk)/(1 cake) = (48 cups of milk)/(x cakes)

2/1 = 48/x

2x = 1*48

2x = 48

x = 48/2

x = 24

He can make 24 cakes.

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