SOLUTION: A chocolate chip cookie recipe asks for two and one half times as much flour as chocolate chips. If three and one third cups of flour is used, what quantity of chocolate chips woul

Question 852423: A chocolate chip cookie recipe asks for two and one half times as much flour as chocolate chips. If three and one third cups of flour is used, what quantity of chocolate chips would then be needed, according to the recipe?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can never have enough chocolate chips! But for the sake of math...
F = C
F =
(I just used a common denominator)
Replace the value of F from the first equation into the second.
C =
Multiply each side by 6 (that's where the common denominator comes in)
15C = 20
Divide each side by 15
C = 1
.
Prove it into the equation.
What is 2.5 * 1.3333?
3
Success!
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