SOLUTION: If I have a recipe that requires 2 gallons of cream per batch, and I plan on making 3 batches, and I could only buy cream in pints, how many pints do I need?

SOLUTION: If I have a recipe that requires 2 gallons of cream per batch, and I plan on making 3 batches, and I could only buy cream in pints, how many pints do I need?

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Question 732116: If I have a recipe that requires 2 gallons of cream per batch, and I plan on making 3 batches, and I could only buy cream in pints, how many pints do I need?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This can be a two step problem. FIRST step, use a proportion to find how many gallons of cream. SECOND step, unit conversion for gallons to pints. You will want to know that one eighth of a gallon is one pint.
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