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How many cakes can be made from 4/1/2 teaspoons on baking powder?

How many cakes can be made from 4/1/2 teaspoons on baking powder?-example-1
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The teaspoon of baking soda require for a cake is 1 1/2.

Determine the number of cakes that can be made from 4 1/2.


\begin{gathered} n=(4(1)/(2))/(1(1)/(2)) \\ =((9)/(2))/((3)/(2)) \\ =(9)/(2)\cdot(2)/(3) \\ =3 \end{gathered}

So 3 cakes can be formed from 4 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.

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