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Cheryl’s recipe for homemade pudding calls for 4 1/2 cups of water and 2 cups cream. She decides to scale the recipe to use all 3 2/3 cups of cream she has in her refrigerator. How much water should she use?

A. 8 1/4 cups
B. 8 1/10 cups
C. 6 1/6 cups
D. 4 1/2 cups

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Answer:

a 8 1/4 c

Step-by-step explanation:

I converted to decimals first. 4.5 c water to 2 c cream. wants to use 3.66 cream. 3.66/2= 1.83. she is increasing cream by 1.83%, next multiply same % to water. 4.5 cups * 1.83 = 8.235 which is closest to 8.25= 8 1/4

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