Todd and Gavin each made a bowl of punch. Gavin used 4 7/10 times as much lemonade as Todd did. If Todd used 2 3/8 cups of lemonade, how many cups of lemonade did Gavin use?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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To determine how many cups of lemonade Gavin used, we first need to multiply the amount of lemonade Todd used by the factor of 4 \( \frac{7}{10} \).

First, convert Todd's amount of lemonade from a mixed number to an improper fraction. Todd used \( 2 \frac{3}{8} \) cups of lemonade.

  1. Convert \( 2 \frac{3}{8} \) to an improper fraction: \[ 2 \frac{3}{8} = \frac{2 \times 8 + 3}{8} = \frac{16 + 3}{8} = \frac{19}{8} \]

Now we need to find the amount of lemonade Gavin used: \[ \text{Gavin's lemonade} = 4 \frac{7}{10} \times 2 \frac{3}{8} \]

  1. Convert \( 4 \frac{7}{10} \) to an improper fraction: \[ 4 \frac{7}{10} = \frac{4 \times 10 + 7}{10} = \frac{40 + 7}{10} = \frac{47}{10} \]

  2. Now, we multiply the two improper fractions: \[ \text{Gavin's lemonade} = \frac{47}{10} \times \frac{19}{8} \]

  3. Multiply the numerators and the denominators: \[ \frac{47 \times 19}{10 \times 8} = \frac{893}{80} \]

  4. Convert \( \frac{893}{80} \) to a mixed number. To do this, divide 893 by 80:

    • \( 80 \) goes into \( 893 \) eleven times (since \( 80 \times 11 = 880 \)).
    • The remainder is \( 893 - 880 = 13 \).

Thus, we can express \( \frac{893}{80} \) as: \[ \frac{893}{80} = 11 \frac{13}{80} \]

The final answer is: \[ \boxed{11 \frac{13}{80}} \text{ cups} \]