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1. Diane's Sweet Treats can make 24 cupcakes using 16 ounces of whipped

icing. How much icing is used on each cupcake?
a. 1/6 ounce of icing per cupcake.
b. 2/3 ounce of icing per cupcake.
c. 1/2 ounce of icing per cupcake.
d. 3/4 ounce of icing per cupcake.

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Answer:

b. 2/3 ounce of icing per cupcake.

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Number of cupcakes = 24 cupcakes

Ounces of whipped icing = 16 ounces

Unknown:

How much icing was used in each cupcake = ?

Solution:

To find the number icing used per cupcake;

=
(number of ounces of whipped icing)/(Number of cupckakes)

Input the parameters;

=
(16 ounce of icing )/(24 cupcake)

=
(2)/(3) ounce of icing per cupcake

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