SOLUTION: a choclate chip cookie recipe calls for 8 eggs to make 6 dozen cookies. In order to make 15 dozen cookies for a party, how many eggs will be needed?
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Question 849546: a choclate chip cookie recipe calls for 8 eggs to make 6 dozen cookies. In order to make 15 dozen cookies for a party, how many eggs will be needed?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a choclate chip cookie recipe calls for 8 eggs to make 6 dozen cookies. In order to make 15 dozen cookies for a party, how many eggs will be needed?
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Use a proportion:
eggs/cookies = eggs/cookies
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x / 15doz = 8/6doz
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x = 15(8/6)
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x = 120/6 = 20 eggs
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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