A baker bakes 3 batches of cookies and makes 42 cookies. How many cookies will be made if the baker bakes 2 batches?(1 point)
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28 cookies
28 cookies
14 cookies
14 cookies
63 cookies
63 cookies
84 cookies
84 cookies
28 cookies
To find out how many cookies will be made if the baker bakes 2 batches, we can set up a proportion:
3 batches of cookies make 42 cookies
2 batches of cookies make x cookies
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
3 * x = 2 * 42
3x = 84
x = 84 / 3
x = 28
Therefore, if the baker bakes 2 batches, 28 cookies will be made.
To solve this problem, we need to find out how many cookies are made per batch. We can do this by dividing the total number of cookies (42) by the number of batches (3).
42 divided by 3 is equal to 14.
So, we know that the baker makes 14 cookies per batch.
Now, to find out how many cookies will be made if the baker bakes 2 batches, we simply multiply the number of cookies per batch (14) by the number of batches (2).
14 multiplied by 2 is equal to 28.
Therefore, the answer is 28 cookies.