SOLUTION: A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE ASKS FOR THREE AND ONE QUARTERS TIMES AS MUCH FLOUR AS CHOCOLATE CHIPS. IF TWO AND ONE HALF CUPS OF FLOUR IS USED WHAT IS THE QUANTITY OF CHOCOLATE C

Question 5820: A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE ASKS FOR THREE AND ONE QUARTERS TIMES AS MUCH FLOUR AS CHOCOLATE CHIPS. IF TWO AND ONE HALF CUPS OF FLOUR IS USED WHAT IS THE QUANTITY OF CHOCOLATE CHIPS WOULD BE NEEDED ACCORDING TO THE RECIPE?
Answer by Abbey(339) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let chocolate chips = x
change flour to proper fraction:
flour = (5/2) cups
flour is (equal to) (13/4) chocolate chips

multiply both sides by 4 to clear the denominators:

divide both sides by 13:

the amount of chocolate chips required is cups

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