Question

The dietician notes that 81 patients have requested banana bread for breakfast. How many loaves of the low-fat banana bread will the kitchen staff need to bake, assuming that the two end slices of each loaf are not to be served to patients?
? loaves
How many cups of mashed ripe bananas will be required in order to make the required number of loaves?
? cups

Answer 1

this one i assume?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

tagging or sending a link to the question is generally more useful than scouring the list trying to find a particular question is all

Answer 4

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Answer 5

well. 14 slices, 2 of which are not used gives us how many slices per loaf?

Answer 6

12

Answer 7

and how many 12s are in 81?

Answer 8

12 times 6 = 72

Answer 9

so we need 7 ?

Answer 10

yep 7 loaves gives us >= 81 slices

Answer 11

it gives us the least amount of waste that is.

Answer 12

so no 6.5?

Answer 13

50 loaves would fit but we are assuming we want the fewest number of loaves to fit the order :) so yeah, no 6.5 that im aware of either

Answer 14

so its just 7 loaves?

Answer 15

yep 7*12 = 84, and we need 81

Answer 16

okay

Answer 17

how do you figure about how much cups u need

Answer 18

we needs 7 loaves, and each loaves requires how much?

Answer 19

1 1/2

Answer 20

then lets do 7*1.5

Answer 21

10.5

Answer 22

thas seems fine to me

Answer 23

10 1/2?

Answer 24

yep

Answer 25

ok thank you :)