A baker used 12 cups of batter to make muffins. It took 2/3 cup of batter to make 1 muffin. How many muffins did the baker make?

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tatyana61 [14]

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A baker used 12 cups of batter to make muffins. It took 2/3 cup of batter to make 1 muffin. How many muffins did the baker make?

(A) 6 muffins (B) 8 muffins (C) 18 muffins (D) 36 muffins

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1 answer:

Anarel [89] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-23T04:29:55+03:00

Answer:

(C) 18 muffins

Step-by-step explanation:

(12 cups)/(2/3 cups/muffin) = 12·3/2 muffins = 18 muffins

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You can consider this as a unit conversion problem. You have units of cups, and you want units of muffins. Then you need to multiply by a number that has units of muffins/cup.

You have a number that has units of cups/muffin (the inverse of the desired conversion factor), so you can do the required conversion by <em>dividing</em> by that number.