Please help: A recipe for a pizza that serves 12 people calls for 2 cups of shredded cheese. If each bag of shredded cheese contains 3 cups, what is the minimum number of bags required to make pizza for 48 people?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given:  A recipe for a pizza that serves 12 people calls for 2 cups of shredded cheese.

12 people = 2 cups of shredded cheese.

Multiply 4 on both sides , we get

48 people = 8 cups of shredded cheese.

So we require 8 cups of shredded cheese  to make pizza for 48 people.

Since, each bag of shredded cheese contains 3 cups.

Then minimum number of bags required =

Hence, minimum 3 bags required to make pizza for 48 people.

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step-by-step explanation:

an equation by definition has to have two or more variables (x and 2 in this case)