Question

Question #e7a87

Answer 1

With one bag of sugar, you can bake 9 complete batches of muffins. using $0.26 of sugar per batch.

Explanation:

1 cup = 48 teaspoons, so

`1/2` cup = 24 teaspoons.

1 bag of sugar = 227 teaspoons.

`227/24 = 9` `11/24`, so you can
bake 9 complete batches of muffins.

The cost for 24 teaspoons of sugar is:

`$2.49 * 24/227 = $0.26`

Answer 2

You can make `9` whole batches of muffins.

The sugar for each batch costs about `$0.28`

Explanation:

Presuming that each batch of muffins uses `(1)/(2)` cup of sugar

Find the number of teaspoons used in each batch

1 cup of sugar = 48 tsp
Therefore, 1/2 cup of sugar = 24 tsp

So 24 tsp are used for each batch of muffins

Find the number of batches (each using 24 tsp) that can be made with 227 tsp

`227 -: 24 = 9  "batches"`

Answer:
You can make `9` whole batches of muffins.

There will be `11` teaspoons left over.

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Find the cost of `9` batches of muffins

`$2.49 -: 9 =` about `$0.28` for each batch

Answer:
The sugar for each batch costs about `$0.28`

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`9` batches @ `24` teaspoons ea . . . `216` teaspoons
Unused sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...`11` teaspoons
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`color(white)(mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.m)` `227` teaspoons   ✓

`9` batches @ `$0.28` ea . . . . `$2.52` (rounding error)   ✓

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