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Ana is baking cookies for her family reunion. Her recipe uses 3/4 cup sugar and has a yield of 24 cookies. How many cups of sugar will Ana need if she wants to bring 10 dozen cookies? (1 dozen = 12).

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recipe use 3/4 cup of sugar for 24 or 2 dozen Cooke's

now

we have

2 dozen=3/4 cup of sugar

10dozen=3/4×10/2=15/2 cup of sugar is needed

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Answer:

3 3/4 cups

Explanation:

The yield from 3/4 cup of sugar is 2 dozen cookies. Multiply that by 5 and you get: the yield from 15/4 cups of sugar is 10 dozen cookies.

As a mixed number 15/4 = 3 3/4.

Ana will need 3 3/4 cups of sugar for 10 dozen cookies.

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