She/he could use 2 12x3 in of wood and 1 4x2 so now we will take all of the numbers and see what we get when we calculat them so when we take the 2 12x3 we will get 72 and then we will add 72 to 4x2 after we multiply them so when we multiply the 4x2 we will get 8 and now will we add 72 to the 8 and we will get a 80 for your answer hope that is the right answer if it is not sorry
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EXPLANATION
We want to factor

out of

The first term is already having a factor of

The constant term which is the second term is not having a factor of

so we need to use a trick of multiplying and dividing by the same factor to obtain,

We can now factor

out of the right hand side to obtain,

Let us rewrite the right most fraction using the normal division symbol.

We simplify to obtain,

This further gives us,

2401 I had that question a few years ago
The second answer i think is the best one
Answer:
39 cups
Step-by-step explanation:
If we assume that the 3.5 cups of concentrate make 3.5+3 = 6.5 cups of tea, we can use the proportion ...
6.5/3.5 = x/21
to find the x cups of tea Ahab can make with 21 cups of concentrate.
Multiplying by 21, we get ...
x = 21(6.5/3.5) = 39
Ahab can make 39 cups of tea.