To find out how many loaves of bread Zoe can make with 8 cups of whole-wheat flour, we need to divide the total amount of flour by the amount required for each loaf.
Each loaf requires \( \frac{3}{4} \) cup of flour.
We perform the calculation:
\[ \text{Number of loaves} = \frac{8 \text{ cups}}{\frac{3}{4} \text{ cup/loaf}} \]
To divide by a fraction, we multiply by its reciprocal:
\[ \frac{8}{\frac{3}{4}} = 8 \times \frac{4}{3} = \frac{32}{3} \]
Calculating \( \frac{32}{3} \) gives us:
\[ 32 \div 3 = 10.6667 \quad (\text{approximately}) \]
Since Zoe can only make whole loaves, we take the integer part:
Zoe can make 10 whole loaves of bread.
Among the options given:
- 4 loaves
- 6 loaves
- 10 loaves
- 11 loaves
The correct answer is 10 loaves.
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