Question

A bakery uses 2 lbs of butter to make 5 dozen cookies. How many pounds of butter would be used to make 200 cookies?

Answer 1

6.67 pounds of butter to make 200 cookies

Answer 2

Answer:

6.67lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

let's write cookies as C.

we know dozen means 12 so we multiply 5 by 12 to know how many cookies that the bakery uses 2lbs of butter for.

That would be; 2lbs= 5×12 C

2lbs=60C.

now we can find how much butter is used for a single cookie(C) by dividing both sides by 60;

$\frac{2}{60}$lbs=C;

C= $\frac{1}{30}$lbs

since we know what C is, we can use that in finding how much butter will be needed for 200 cookies(C)

200C=200($\frac{1}{30}$lbs)

200C= $\frac{200}{30}$lbs

200C= 6$\frac{2}{3}$lbs or 6.67lbs