Emmet has already baked 2 pies, and he can bake 2 pies with each additional cup of sugar he buys. How many additional cups of sugar does Emmet need in order to bake a total of 40 pies?

19 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

So, you need 38 more pies. You have to divide 38 by 2 to get 19 cups of sugar.

if x = 1, then the answer is 3.5

step-by-step explanation:

a child is 12 years old, and his father is 32 years older. in how many years will the age of the father be 2 times the age of the child?

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this needs to be the answer format, or else your answer is incomplete.

if the number of years is x, then the equation is

in __ years