document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185394>Question 1185394</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Frances likes to make flour cookies. These cookies need so much flower that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the cookie<BR>\n" );
document.write( "itself is flour. The rest is baking powder, baking soda, butter, and sugar.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "“Mom, I’m going to make a batch for Boo,” says Frances.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "“Boo? You spoil your dog!” laughs here mom,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One cookie weighs 1.3 ounces. She has 12 ounces of flour and plenty of the rest of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ingredients. How many cookies can she make? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #816206 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=816206\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if a cookie weights 1.3 ounces and 6/10 of the weight of the cookie is flour, then the amount of flour in one cookie is 6/10 * 1.3 - .78 ounces.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if she has 12 ounces of flour, then divide that by .78 to get 12/.78 = 15.38461538.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she can make 15.38461538 cookies with 12 ounces of flour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if she only wants to make whole number of cookies, then she can make 15 cookies.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she would have .38461538 * the amount of flour in a cookie left.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that would be .38461538 * .78 = .3 ounces of flour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 cookies * .78 ounces of flour each is equal to 11.7 ounces of flour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12 ounces - 11.7 ounces of flour = .3 ounces of flour left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is that she can make 15 cookies with .3 ounces of flour left over.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if she is willing to make partial cookies, then she can make 15.38461538 cookies with 12 ounces of flour.\r<BR>\n" );
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