Question

alA baker bought 4 gallons of icing to decorate cakes. He uses 4 1/2 cups of icing for completely Frost and decorate each cake. what is the maximum number of cakes he can completely decorate ​

Answer 1

Answer: 14 cakes

Explanation:

We have the following data:

Number of gallons the baker has:
`4 gallons (16 cups)/(1 gallon)=64 cups`

Number of cups the baker used for one cake:
`4,5 cups`

Now, we can use the Rule of three to find the maximum number of cakes the baker can completely decorate:

`4.5 cups`-----​
`1 cake`

`64 cups`-----​
`?`

Then:

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`?=((64 cups)(1 cake))/(4.5 cups)`

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`?=14,2 cakes \approx 14 cakes`