To make cheesecake, you need about 2 1/2 pound of cream cheese. how many pounds of cream cheese will you need to make 2 cheesecakes

5 lb

Step-by-step explanation:

To make 1 cheesecake, you need 2½ lb of cream cheese

To make 2 cheesecakes, you need 2 × 2½ lb of cream cheese

Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction

2 × 2½ = 2 × ⁵/₂  

Cancel the 2s

2 × ⁵/₂ = 5 lb

You will need 5 lb of cream cheese.

the answer is 8/21

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