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A chef makes 15 gallons of batter for several cakes. Each cake requires ⅗ of a gallon of cake batter. How many cakes can the chef make?

btw idk why it says im in high school but dude im in middle(^^)

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The chef can make 25 cakes

Explaintion:
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Multiply the 15 gallons by the denominator of the fraction then divide by 3
So 15x5=75
75/3=25
Therefore the chef can make 25 cakes
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