One box of cake mix makes a maximum of 24 cupcakes. if the caterer needs 300 cupcakes for the event, what is the minimum number of boxes of cake mix he will need? 11 12 13

Since the caterer needs 300 cupcakes and each box makes a maximum of 24 cupcakes, divide 300 by 24.
300/24 = 12.5
He will need at least 13 boxes of cake mix to make the cupcakes

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm

(1/x + 1)^2 + 6 (1/x + 1) +5