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Answer:</h2>
a.) <u>Exact result: 10.9375. Approximate: 11 quarts of heavy cream</u>.
b.) <u>Exact result: 65.625. Approximate: 66 eggs</u>.
c.) <u>Exact result: 43.75. Approximate: 44 lemons</u>.
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Step-by-step explanation:</h2><h3>
a.) How many quarts of heavy cream will you need?</h3>
<em>If 400 guest will consume 1.75 pastries, then the total of pastries is:</em>

<em>If one quarter of the pastries will have 2 ounces of lemon filling, then the amount of pastries that will ahve this filling is:</em>
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<em>If 175 will have 2 ounces of lemon filling, then the ounces of lemon filling needed is:</em>
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<em>Then, the mass, in pounds, of lemon filling needed is:</em>

<em>To find the quarts of heavy cream needed, set up a rule of 3 like this:</em>
<em>2 pounds of filling ------------ 1 quart of heavy cream</em>
<em>21.875 pounds of filling ----- x</em>
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The amount of quarts of heavy cream needed is, approximately, 11.
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b.) How many dozen eggs should you order?</h3>
<em>Do the same rule of 3 as in question 1, except that now we substitute the ingredient and que quantity:</em>
<em>2 pounds of filling ------------ 6 eggs</em>
<em>21.875 pounds of filling ----- x</em>

The amount of eggs needed is, approximately, 66.
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c.) A lemon will yield 2 ounces of juice. How many lemons should you order?</h3>
<em>First, let's find out how many cups of lemon juice are needed through a rule of 3.</em>
<em>2 pounds of filling ------------ 1 cup of lemon juice</em>
<em>21.875 pounds of filling ----- x</em>
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<em>Now, convert the cups to ounces.</em>
10.9375 cups * 8= 87.5 ounces.
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<em>Set up another rule of 3 to determine the number of lemons.</em>
<em>2 ounces ------------ 1 lemon</em>
<em>87.5 ounces ----- x</em>
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The amount of lemons needed is, approximately, 44.