SOLUTION: Nicole baked 10 cookies with 2 scoops of flour. How many scoops of flour does Nicole need in order to bake 15 cookies? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

Question 1021901: Nicole baked 10 cookies with 2 scoops of flour. How many scoops of flour does Nicole need in order to bake 15 cookies? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This can be solved via proportion...like this...

Now cross-multiply and get
10x = 30 and
x = 3 scoops of flour
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