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A 4-OUNCE SERVING OF ICE CREAM HAS 8 GRAMS OF SUGAR. HOW MANY
GRAMS OF SUGAR ARE IN A 10-OUNCE SERVING? HOW MANY GRAMS OF
SUGAR ARE IN THE 16-OUNCE CONTAINER?

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If a 4-ounce serving of ice cream has 8 grams of sugar, we can use proportional reasoning to find out how many grams of sugar are in a 10-ounce serving and a 16-ounce container.

Let's call the number of grams of sugar in a 10-ounce serving "x". We can set up the following proportion:

4 ounces / 8 grams = 10 ounces / x grams

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and simplify:

4 * x = 8 * 10

4x = 80

x = 20

Therefore, a 10-ounce serving of ice cream has 20 grams of sugar.

To find out how many grams of sugar are in a 16-ounce container, we can set up another proportion:

4 ounces / 8 grams = 16 ounces / y grams

Cross-multiplying and simplifying:

4 * y = 8 * 16

4y = 128

y = 32

Therefore, a 16-ounce container of ice cream has 32 grams of sugar

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