document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010433>Question 1010433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A recipe for chocolate chip cookies calls for 3/4 cup brown sugar for every 2 1/4 cups of flour. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 5/8 cups of brown sugar are used, how much flour will be needed?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 5/8 cups of brown sugar are used, how much flour will be needed? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a proportion::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "flour/sugar = flour/sugar<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f/(2 5/8) = (2 1/4)/(3/4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f/(21/8) = (9/4)/(3/4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f/(21/8) = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f = (21/8)3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 63/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f  = 7 7/8 cups<BR>\n" );
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