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A school cafeteria prepares soup in five-gallon stock pots. Because of waste, the cooks only get 3 3/4 gallons of soups from one pot. If one large serving measures about 1 1/3 cups, how many large servings can they get out of one pot? (One gallon = 4 quarts = 16 cups.)

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Leslie loaned 2,00 . to her daughter for four years. She charged her daughter only 4 ordinary simple interest. If the daughter repays all interest and principal on time, how much money will Leslie collect? (Use a 360-day year.)


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

1 gal = 16 cups 3 3/4  16 = 60 cups;
60 1 1/3 = 60 4/3 = 60/1  3/4 = 45 servings

Answer to Question 2

2,00 .  0.04  4 = 320; 2,00 . + 320 = 2,320


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