Question

A recipe calls for 3 cans of tomato sauce. Fawn wants to make 40% fewer servings than the recipe makes.

Which expression represents how many cans of tomato sauce Fawn should use?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

@KitKat16

Answer 3

If Fawn wants to make 40% less, that means they want to make 60% of the original. So just choose the one that would be \[.6*3\]

Answer 4

18

Answer 5

No that's a .6 not a 6. And don't solve for it, choose the one that is equal to it out of the choices.

Answer 6

I dont get what you saying

Answer 7

What fraction is equal to .6?

Answer 8

2 3

Answer 9

60%*3 = 9/5

Answer 10

what? What would the decimal, .6, be in fraction form?

Answer 11

0.6

Answer 12

no find the equation for 9/5

Answer 13

math isn't my best subject I don't want to tell you the wrong steps

Answer 14

its fine

Answer 15

.6 is a decimal, what would it be as a fraction? As in a number over a number.

Answer 16

@LegendarySadist I thought 9/5 =3/5*3

Answer 17

0.6 i said

Answer 18

yes, that would be it, but .6 = 3/5 and that's what I'm trying to get OP to understand.

Answer 19

ok sorry

Answer 20

0.6 is the same as .6. Those are both decimals. A fraction is a number over a number. What is 0.6 in fraction form?

Answer 21

B?

Answer 22

Yes, it is B.

Answer 23

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Answer 24

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Answer 25

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