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Hamburger Heaven is having a lunch special where customers buy a 3/4 lb cheeseburger and get one free if they set aside 93 and 1/3 lb of meat. How many 3/4 lb cheeseburgers can they make?

A. 2 cheeseburgers
B. 4 cheeseburgers
C. 6 cheeseburgers
D. 8 cheeseburgers

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Final answer:

By converting 93 and 1/3 lb to 93.333 lb and dividing by the weight of each 3/4 lb cheeseburger, we find that Hamburger Heaven can make 62 sets of 'buy one, get one free' 3/4 lb cheeseburgers, yielding a total of 124 cheeseburgers.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question posed is concerned with determining how many 3/4 lb cheeseburgers can be made from a total of 93 and 1/3 lb of meat. To solve this, we should convert the pounds of meat to a consistent unit and then divide by the weight of one cheeseburger. First, we convert 93 and 1/3 lb to 93.333 lb by changing the fraction to decimal form. Then, we divide by 3/4 lb per cheeseburger:

93.333 lb ÷ (3/4) lb = 93.333 lb ÷ 0.75 lb = 124.444 cheeseburgers.

Since we cannot make a fraction of a cheeseburger, we round down to the nearest whole number:

124 cheeseburgers.

But since the special is buy one get one free, this number must be divided by two to find out how many purchases are made:

124 cheeseburgers ÷ 2 = 62 cheeseburger purchases. Therefore, Hamburger Heaven can make 62 sets of buy one, get one free cheeseburgers with 93 and 1/3 lb of meat, which yields a total of 124 cheeseburgers.

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