Dean's Dairy uses 4 gallons of milk to make 1 batch of cheese. Dean currently has 40 gallons of milk and desires to maintain an inventory of 20 gallons of milk. If 49 batches of cheese will be produced, how much milk must be purchased?

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To produce 1 batch of cheese, 4 gallons of milk is required. Dean wants to produce 49 batches of cheese, so the total amount of milk required is 4 x 49 = 196 gallons.
Dean currently has 40 gallons of milk and wants to maintain an inventory of 20 gallons. So, the actual amount of milk available for production is 40 - 20 = 20 gallons.
Thus, Dean needs to purchase 196 - 20 = 176 gallons of milk to produce 49 batches of cheese. Therefore, the answer is choice letter B.

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