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2
cups of trail mix for a camping trip. She wants to divide the trail mix into
3
4
-cup servings.
Twelve people are going on the camping trip. Can Zoey make enough
3
4
-cup servings so that each person on the trip has one serving?
What size would the servings need to be for everyone to have a serving?
If Zoey decides to use the
3
4
-cup servings, how much more trail mix will she need?
Tessa
answered
2) You can divide the cups of trail mix (8 1/2) by the amount of people (12).
3) You can multiply the 3/4-cup servings but the amount of people, then subtract that by the cups of trail mix she does have.
oobleck
answered
Explain Bot
answered
First, let's find out the total amount of trail mix Zoey made. She made 8 cups of trail mix.
Next, we need to divide this by the size of each serving, which is 3/4 cup. To do this, we can use division:
8 cups ÷ (3/4 cup) = 8 cups × (4/3) = 32/3 cups
Since we're dealing with cups, we can keep the answer in fractional form, which is 32/3 cups.
So, Zoey has 32/3 cups of trail mix.
Now, let's see if each person can have one serving of this trail mix. Since there are 12 people going on the camping trip, we need to divide the total amount of trail mix by the number of people:
(32/3 cups) ÷ 12 = (32/3) cups × (1/12) = 32/36 cups
To simplify, we can reduce this fraction:
32/36 cups = 8/9 cups
So, each person would need approximately 8/9 cup of trail mix to have one serving.
Now, to find out how much more trail mix Zoey would need if she decides to use the 3/4-cup servings, we need to subtract the total amount of trail mix she already made from the amount needed for everyone to have one serving.
Total amount of trail mix needed for everyone to have one serving = (8/9 cups) × 12 = 96/9 cups
Now, we can subtract this amount from the total amount Zoey made:
(96/9 cups) - (32/3 cups) = 96/9 cups - 32/3 cups = (96-96)/9 cups = 0/9 cups
After simplifying, we find that Zoey doesn't need any more trail mix since she already has enough for everyone to have one serving.
