document.write( "Question 670978: The question is asking how I can change a recipe that makes 24 brownies. Into a recipe that makes 16 brownies \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #417233 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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You can reason it out this way:
\n" ); document.write( "If you divide everything in the recipe by \"+3+\",
\n" ); document.write( "then that is 1/3 of the recipe and it will make
\n" ); document.write( "8 brownies.
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\n" ); document.write( "Now double all the ingredients. That makes the
\n" ); document.write( "recipe 2/3 of the original recipe and it will
\n" ); document.write( "make 16 brownies
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