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Eric is planning to bake approximately 305 cookles. If 3 pounds of cookie dough make 96 cookies, how many pounds of cookie dough should he make?
To find: The number of pounds of cookie dough Eric should make.
Answer to Problem 20P
Eric should make
Explanation of Solution
Given information:Eric is planning to bake approximately 305 cookies. 3 pounds of cookie dough make 96 cookies.
Calculation:
Let the number of pounds of cookie dough for making 305 cookies be x .
The ratio of pounds of cookie dough to number of cookies
The ratio of pounds of cookie dough to number of cookies
Then, by proportion,
Thus, Eric should make
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