SOLUTION: Kay made several kinds of cookies to put into gift boxes. If she uses 1/3 of a dozen to fill 1/9 of a box, what is the unit rate of dozens per box?

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Question 1091856: Kay made several kinds of cookies to put into gift boxes. If she uses 1/3 of a dozen to fill 1/9 of a box, what is the unit rate of dozens per box?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/3 of a dozen is 4
4 fill 1/9 of a box, so 36 fill 9/9 or 1 box
that is 3 dozen per box.