SOLUTION: A recipe calls for 12 ounces of cottage chees and 6 ounces of cream cheese. If there are 216 calories in 8 ounces of cottage cheese and 106 calories in 1 ounce of cream chees, how

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: A recipe calls for 12 ounces of cottage chees and 6 ounces of cream cheese. If there are 216 calories in 8 ounces of cottage cheese and 106 calories in 1 ounce of cream chees, how many calories are there in 36 ounces of the mixture? This question is from textbook Advanced mathematics

Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Cottage Cheese=216/8=27 calories per ounce
Creme Cheese=106 calories per ounce
We are told that the 36 oz mixture has 2 oz of Cottage cheese to 1 oz of Creme Cheese Which means that the mixture has 24 oz of Cottage Cheese and 12 oz of Creme Cheese:
For 36 oz of the mixture:
Calories in Cottage Cheese=24(27)=648 calories
Calories in Creme Cheese=12(106)=1272 calories
TOTAL CALORIES=648+1272=1920--------------THE ANSWER
Hope this helps-----ptaylor