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Two batches of chocolate chip cookies call for 40 ounces of chocolate chips. If there are 16 ounces in a pound, how many pounds of chocolate chips are in the two batches?

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BeautifulBooks123

2.5 pounds of chocolate chips.
You have to divide 40 by 16 to get the amount of pounds in two batches. 40/16 is 2.5.

dexteright02

The rule of three:

ounces _____ pound
16 ----------------- 1
40 ----------------- y

Solving:

\(\frac{16}{40} = \frac{1}{y}\)
Cross multiplies
\(16*y = 40*1\)
\(16y = 40\)
\(y = \frac{40}{16}\)
\(\boxed{y=2.5}\)

Answer:
2.5 of chocolate chips are in the two batches

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