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.

x =-.20752

step-by-step explanation:

4^(x+2)=12

4^(x+2)=12

take the log base 4 on each side

log 4 (4^(x+2) = log 4(12)

we know log b(a^y) = y log b (a)

(x+2) log 4(4) = log 4 (12)

x+2 = log 4 (12)

we know   logb c = loga c/loga b

we want to convert to base 10   so a = 10

by default, we do not write the 10   c = 4   and b = 10

log4 10 = log 12/log 4

log4 10 = log 12/ log 4

x+2 = log 12/ log 4

subtract 2 from each side

x +2 -2 = log 12/ log 4 -2

x = 1.79248125 -2

x =-.20752