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Q: the number of cookies michael can bake varies directly with the amount of time he spends making the cookies. He can bake 20 cookies in 1 1/4 hours. How many cookies can he bake in 3 hours?
Answer choices:
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36
48

User Basmah
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The correct answer is 36
User Ajoy Sinha
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Quick answer is 48

So first you determine how many he can bake in an hour, so devide 20 by 1.25( since that’s the same as 1 and 1/4) and you get 16, then you multiply this by 3 and you get 48
User Nimit Khandelwal
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