SOLUTION: A recipe for making 24 pretzels calls for using 1 1/2 cups of milk. A baker want to use the recipe to make pretzels to sell. He wants to buy enough milk to make 100 pretzels each

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Question 549885: A recipe for making 24 pretzels calls for using 1 1/2 cups of milk. A baker want to use the recipe to make pretzels to sell. He wants to buy enough milk to make 100 pretzels each day over the next 5 days.
a. How many cups of milk does th ebaker need for all the pretzels?
b. How many gallons of milk should he buy? Use the fact that 1 gallon =16 cups. Explain.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the relation:
( cups of milk) / ( pretzel ) x ( number of pretzels ) = total cups of milk
+%28%283%2F2%29+%2F+24+%29%2A100%2A5+
++%283%2F48%29+%2A+500+
+500%2F16+=+31.25+
(a) the baker needs 31 1/4 cups of milk
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Now use:
( gallons ) / ( cups ) * ( cups of milk )
+%281%2F16%29%2A31.25+
+1.953+
(b) He should buy 2 gallons of milk