document.write( "Question 5820: A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE ASKS FOR THREE AND ONE QUARTERS TIMES AS MUCH FLOUR AS CHOCOLATE CHIPS. IF TWO AND ONE HALF CUPS OF FLOUR IS USED WHAT IS THE QUANTITY OF CHOCOLATE CHIPS WOULD BE NEEDED ACCORDING TO THE RECIPE? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let chocolate chips = x
\n" ); document.write( "change flour to proper fraction:
\n" ); document.write( "flour = (5/2) cups
\n" ); document.write( "flour is (equal to) (13/4) chocolate chips
\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2F2=%2813%2Ax%29%2F4\"
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides by 4 to clear the denominators:
\n" ); document.write( "\"10=13x\"
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by 13:
\n" ); document.write( "\"10%2F13=x\"
\n" ); document.write( "the amount of chocolate chips required is \"10%2F13\" cups
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