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Justine is baking cupcakes for the bake sale. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of milk and 2 eggs. The recipe yields 3 dozen cupcakes. Justine has 1 gallon of milk and 2 dozen eggs. How many cupcakes will Justine be able to make?
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document.write( "1 gallon of milk = 4 quarts = 16 cups = 32 half cups.  So she has enough\r\n" );
document.write( "milk for 32 batches of 3 dozen, or 12x3, or 36 cupcakes each, or 32x36 or \r\n" );
document.write( "1152 cupcakes altogether.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 dozen eggs = 2x12 = 24 eggs = 12 pairs of eggs.  So she has enough\r\n" );
document.write( "eggs for 12 batches of 3 dozen cupcakes each or 12x36 or 432 cupcakes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "She has just enough eggs to make 432 cookies, with plenty of milk left \r\n" );
document.write( "over (10 cups) to drink with some of the cupcakes. J\r\n" );
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