A bakery has 72 half gallons of milk. It takes 1 2/3 cups of milk to make a cake. Note that 1/8 half gallon=0.125 half gallon. How many cakes can the bakery make?

The total cake make in the bakery ≅ 346 cakes

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

A bakery has 72 half gallons of milk

It takes cups of milk to make the cake ;

i.e. cups of milk to make the cake after we converted the mixed fraction to an improper fraction.

Also,1 cup =   half gallons = 0.125 half gallons

Thus, the amount of milk required to make the cake =

= 0.208

∴

The total cake make in the bakery =

The total cake make in the bakery = 346.15

The total cake make in the bakery ≅ 346 cakes

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