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Marcy bottles 17 gallons of root beer and 12 gallons of punch. She sells her drinks in quart bottles. How many bottles does she need?

User Kantharis
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we know that 1 gallon = 4 quarts so...

17 gallons of root beer + 12 gallons of punch = 29 gallons in total

29 gallons ÷ 4 = 7.25 quarts

so she needs 7 bottles of quarts for her 29 total gallons.

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