The sum of two consecutive odd numbers is 40. if the first number is represented by x, which equation can you use to find these two odd numbers?

Cora bought a package of erasers. there are 4 pink erasers and 12 blue erasers. what is the ratio of pink erasers to blue erasers?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

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