A batch of cookies calls for 1/4 cup of flour. You want to make 2/3 of a batch. How much flour will dimitra need to make 2 1/4. Batches of cookies

Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021

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given that

¼ cup of flour : ⅔ cookies

x cup of flour : 2 ¼ cookies

then

¼/⅔ = 2 ¼/X

¼ x 3/2 = 9/4 /X

8/3 x 9/4 = x

X = 72/12

x= 6 cup of flour