Michelle bought 76 pounds of cocoa powder for her bakery. Every day she used the same amount of cocoa powder to make bakery item
s. After 10 days, Michelle was left with 20.2 pounds of cocoa powder. On average, how many pounds of cocoa powder did Michelle use each day? 5.58 pounds
7.45 pounds
9.62 pounds
12.6 pounds
5.58 is your answer! First, subtract 76 and 20.2 which leaves you with 55.8 and that is how much cocoa powder she used. Now divide that by 10 because that's how many days she used the cocoa powder and you get your answer of 5.58. Answer is A
To this mixture we're adding ounces of water, so that the new mix has a total volume of ounces and matches the composition of the coffee Lily likes. This means it would consist of
ounces of water
ounces of cocoa (same amount of cocoa as before because pure water is being added)
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Just to confirm: the new mixture consists of
ounces of water
ounces of cocoa
giving a total volume of ounces of coffee, and , as required.