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You are making a colorful cake for a birthday party and need to use 5 drops of food coloring for every 9 ounces of icing. How many drops of food coloring do you need if you are using 54 ounces of icing?

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Given the word problem, we can deduce the following information:

1. We need to use 5 drops of food coloring for every 9 ounces of icing.

To determine the amount of food coloring we need using 54 ounces of icing, we use ratio. We use the formula shown below:

Drops of food coloring/54 ounces of icing = 5 drops of food coloring/ 9 ounces

of icing

We simplify:


\begin{gathered} \frac{\text{Drops of food coloring}}{54\text{ ounces}}=\frac{5\text{ drops}}{9\text{ ounces}} \\ \text{Drops of food coloring}=54((5)/(9)) \\ \text{Calculate} \\ \text{Drops of food coloring}=30 \end{gathered}

Therefore, we need 30 drops of food coloring if we are using 54 ounces of icing.

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