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Jamal is baking 4 batches of chocolate chip cookies. He needs 2 13 cups of sugar for each batch. Which expression could be used to determine the total amount of sugar that Jamal needs?

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Answer:

8/13 cups of sugar

Explanation:

Jamal is baking 4 batches of chocolate chip cookies. He needs 2 13 cups of sugar for each batch. Which expression could be used to determine the total amount of sugar that Jamal needs?

For the above question

1 batch of chocolate chips cookies = 2/13 cups of sugar

4 batches = x

Cross Multiply

x = 4 × 2/13 cups of sugar

x = 8/13 cups of sugar

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