SOLUTION: A chocolate chip cookie recipe requires two and two thirds cups of flour to one cup of chocolate chips. If three and one thirds cups of flour is used, what quantity of a chocolate

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Question 1163271: A chocolate chip cookie recipe requires two and two thirds cups of flour to one cup of chocolate chips. If three and one thirds cups of flour is used, what quantity of a chocolate chips will be needed according to the recipe
Answer by ikleyn(52787)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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            I will appeal to your common sense.


In the base case, you have  2  cups of flour.

It is the same as    cups of flour.



In the second case, you have  3 =   cups of flour.


So, in the second case, you have more flour, and the ratio of the larger amount to the base amount is


     =  = .


Now your common sense says you that in the second case, you should multiply the base chocolate amount 
from the receipt,  which is 1 cup,  by  this factor  (ratio)  .


By doing this way, you get the ANSWER :   of the cup of chocolate is required.

Solved.

Actually,  this problem is on  PROPORTIONS;  but instead formal using proportions and writing four-floor/level fractions,
I explained the solution in wording form,  in order you better understand the solution via your common sense.


Happy learning  (!)


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