Question

Theo wants to use a cookie recipe that makes 36 cookies, but he wants to reduce the number if cookies to 24. If the recipe specifies 2 cups of sugar, how much sugar should he use?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

\[\frac{24}{36} = \frac{n}{2}\]What is n?

Answer 3

It would be 1.33 repeating but it can be 1 1/3 cups. You would divide 36 and 24 which is 1.5. Then you would divide 2 by 1.5, and then that is the answer.

Answer 4

why do i need to divide it by 2?

Answer 5

You need to divide 2 by 1.5 to find how much sugar to use with 24 cups.