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  • 23-10-2018
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You need 1 1/4 cups of sugar to make 20 cookies. How many cups of sugar will you need to make 14 cookies?

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altavistard
altavistard altavistard
  • 23-10-2018

Answer:

7/8 cup sugar

Step-by-step explanation:

One way to approach this problem is to write and solve an equation of ratios.

1 1/4 cup sugar       5/4 cups sugar

---------------------- = --------------------------- = 1/16 cup sugar per cookie

   20 cookies              20 cookies

Now multiply this 1/16 cup sugar per cookie by 14 cookies:  14/16 cup sugar, or 7/8 cup sugar


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