Bert made 3 batches of his uncle's signature spicy wing sauce for a barbecue last weekend. He didn't want the sauce to be too spicy, so he tweaked the recipe, reducing the amount of hot sauce he put in each batch by 2 ounces. Bert used 24 ounces of hot sauce in all to make the wing sauce.
Which equation can you use to find u, the amount of hot sauce Bert's uncle usually puts in each batch of spicy wing sauce?
How much hot sauce does Bert's uncle usually put in each batch of spicy wing sauce?
Write your answer as a whole number or a simplified fraction.
Let's assume that the amount of hot sauce Bert's uncle usually puts in each batch is u ounces. We know that Bert made 3 batches and reduced the amount of hot sauce by 2 ounces for each batch. So, the equation we can use to find u is:
3u - (3 * 2) = 24
Simplifying the equation, we get:
3u - 6 = 24
Adding 6 to both sides of the equation, we have:
3u = 30
Dividing both sides of the equation by 3, we finally get:
u = 10
Therefore, Bert's uncle usually puts 10 ounces of hot sauce in each batch of spicy wing sauce.