Question

How do I answer this question?Tyra has 12 2/3 cups of sugar. If r is the amount of sugar needed for one batch of cookies, the expression 12 2/3 divided by r can be used to find the number of batches Tyra can make with the sugar she has. If Tyra makes oatmeal cookies that use 2/3 cup sugar for each batch, how many batches of oatmeal cookies can she make?

Answer 1

19

Step-by-step explanation:

To know how many batches of oatmeal cookies she can make, we need to divide 12 2/3 by 2/3. So, we need to solve the following expression

`12(2)/(3)/(2)/(3)`

First, let's convert the mixed number 12 2/3 into a fraction, so:

`12(2)/(3)=((12*3)+2)/(3)=(38)/(3)`

Now, we can make the division of the fractions as

`(38)/(3)/(2)/(3)=(38)/(3)*(3)/(2)=(38*3)/(3*2)=(114)/(6)=19`

It means that Tyra can make 19 batches of oatmeal cookies.