You are making gingerbread cookies. The recipe calls for 1½ kilograms of molasses. You purchase molasses in 16-fluid-ounce containers. If 1 cup of molasses weighs 12 ounces, how many containers of molasses should you use?

You are making gingerbread cookies. The recipe calls for 1½ kilograms of molasses. You purchase molasses in 16-fluid-ounce containers. If 1 cup of molasses weighs 12 ounces, how many containers of molasses should you use?

Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305071742

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

ChapterP: Prerequisites

SectionP.9: Modeling With Equations

Problem 4E

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