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A recipe calls for 4 cups of flour. Lauren wants to make 20% more servings than the recipe makes. Which expression represents how many cups of flour Lauren should use?

A.1/54
B.4/54
C.6/54
D.9/54

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C. 6/5 4

6/5 = 1.20 where .20 represents the 20% increase in serving.

1.20 4 = 4.8 is the total cups of flour needed to increase serving by 20%

4 is the 100% ; the desired increase is 20%; therefore: 100% + 20% = 120% based on 4 cups. So, 120% ÷ 100% = 1.2 * 4 = 4.80 cups

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