SOLUTION: A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 3/4 cup brown sugar for every 2 1/4 cups of flour. If 2 5/8 cups of brown sugar are used, how much flour will be needed?

Question 1010433: A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 3/4 cup brown sugar for every 2 1/4 cups of flour.
If 2 5/8 cups of brown sugar are used, how much flour will be needed?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 3/4 cup brown sugar for every 2 1/4 cups of flour.
If 2 5/8 cups of brown sugar are used, how much flour will be needed?
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Use a proportion::
flour/sugar = flour/sugar
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f/(2 5/8) = (2 1/4)/(3/4)
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f/(21/8) = (9/4)/(3/4)
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f/(21/8) = 3
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f = (21/8)3
f = 63/8
f = 7 7/8 cups
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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