First find the cooked volume of the spinach: 40 ounces * 20% = <<40*20*.01=8>>8 ounces

Then add that to the volume of the other ingredients to find the total volume: 8 ounces + 6 ounces + 4 ounces = <<8+6+4=18>>18 ounces

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Mary is making a spinach quiche. She takes 40 ounces of raw spinach and cooks it until it's 20% of its initial volume. If she mixes the spinach with 6 ounces of cream cheese and 4 ounces of eggs, what is the total volume of the quiche?
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Mary is making a spinach quiche. She takes 40 ounces of raw spinach and cooks it until it's 20% of its initial volume. If she mixes the spinach with 6 ounces of cream cheese and 4 ounces of eggs, what is the total volume of the quiche?
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