SOLUTION: If 342 cups of coffee can be made from 9 lb of coffee, how many cups can be made from 6 lb of coffee? The answer I got was 228....? Thank you

SOLUTION: If 342 cups of coffee can be made from 9 lb of coffee, how many cups can be made from 6 lb of coffee? The answer I got was 228....? Thank you

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Question 107629: If 342 cups of coffee can be made from 9 lb of coffee, how
many cups can be made from 6 lb of coffee?
The answer I got was 228....?
Thank you
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you got 228, then you must have realized that the ratio of is and multiplied that times the 342. Which was, of course, the correct thing to do. Your answer of 228 is correct.
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