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| − | ==Problem==
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| − | Sarah pours 4 ounces of coffee into a cup that can hold 8 ounces. Then she pours 4 ounces of butter into a second cup that can also hold 8 ounces. She then pours half of the contents of the first cup into the second cup, completely mixes the contents of the second cup, then pours half of the contents of the second cup back into the first cup. What fraction of the contents in the first cup is butter?
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| − | <math>\text{(A)}\ 1/4 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1/3 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 3/8 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2/5 \qquad \text{(E)} 1/2 </math>
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| − | After the first step, there are 2 ounces coffee in the first cup, and 4 ounces of butter plus 2 ounces of coffee in the second cup. When half of the second cup is poured into the first, there are <math>2+1=3</math> ounces of coffee and 2 ounces of butter. Hence, our ratio is <math>\boxed{\frac{2}{5}\Rightarrow \text{(D)}}</math>.
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | {{AMC10 box|year=2002|ab=A|num-b=16|num-a=18}}
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| − | [[Category:Introductory Algebra Problems]] | |
