Answer:
a. 12 cups - 2 * n cups b. 2 * (6-n) cups
Step-by-step explanation:
a.
we start with 12 cups of flour
we subtract 2 cups of flour for each baking cycle
thus, cups of flour = 12 cups - 2 cups for each cycle
2 cups for each cycle = 2 cups * number of cycles = 2 cups * n
cups of flour = 12 cups - 2 * n cups
b.
note that 12 is a multiple of 2 -- 2 * 6 = 12
thus, 12 cups = 2* 6 cups
cups of flour = 12 cups - 2 * n cups = 2 * 6 cups - 2 * n cups
factor out the 2
cups of flour = 2 * (6-n) cups