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Here's your shmoopy question du jour...

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Each morning, Beanstalk Bakery is able to churn out a dozen people fritters every 15 minutes.

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How many fritters are made during the typical breakfast hours between 6 am and 11:30 am at this bakery?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Before we spoil the ending, hit pause and try it yourself.

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So this question is asking us to segment hours into sub sections and apply them as part of

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a rate problem. If we think through the question...

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...the fritters start coming out of the oven at 6 am and continue for 1... 2... 3... 4...5 and a half hours.

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Or, in decimalese... 5.5 hours.

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There are four 15-minute segments in an hour, so we multiply 5.5 by 4 to get 22.

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There are 12 fritters per 15 minute segment...

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...so we multiply that 12 by the 22 segments to get 264 fritters.

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Our answer is C.

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The moral of this story? Never leave your breakfast unattended.

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