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Mario is making dinner for 9 people.Mario buys 8 containers of soup.Each container is 18 oz if everyone gets the same amount of soup how much soup will each person get

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Answer:

16 ounces

Explanation:

He has 8 containers of soup at 18 ounces each

8*18 = 144 ounces

There are 9 people so divide by 9 to determine the ounces per person

144/9 =16

16 ounces per person

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Answer:

16 fluid ounces

Explanation:

Mario buys 8 containers of soup.

Each container has 18 fluid ounces.

In other words, there are a total of:


8* 18=144

144 fluid ounces.

Each of the 9 people got the same amount of soup. In other words, divided equally, each person got:


144/9=16

16 fluid ounces of soup.

And we're done!

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