Answer:
10
Explanation:
Maria has 12 bags of chocolate chips, and each batch of cookies requires 1/2 bag of chocolate chips, and she makes 8 complete batches of cookies. So we can calculate the number of bags of chocolate chips used by:
1/2 * 8 = 4 bags
The number of bags of chocolate chips left after making the cookies is:
12 - 4 = 8 bags
A batch of cupcakes requires 3/4 of a bag of chocolate chips, and Maria has 8 bags of chocolate chips left. So we can calculate the maximum number of complete batches of cupcakes that she can make by:
8 / (3/4) = 8 * (4/3) = 32/3 = 10.67
Maria can make a maximum of 10 complete batches of cupcakes. Since a batch of cupcakes cannot be fractional, it means Maria can't make any more cupcakes after using all the chocolate chips.