SOLUTION: Logan is making chocolate chip cookies. He found a recipe that makes 40 cookies and calls for 1 1/3 cups of chocolate chips. If he wants to make 70 cookies, which equation cor

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Question 1203600: Logan is making chocolate chip cookies. He found a recipe that makes 40
cookies and calls for 1 1/3 cups of chocolate chips. If he wants to make
70 cookies, which equation correctly calculates how many cups of
chocolate chips Logan will need?
A. 1 3/4 x 1 1/3 = 15/12 = 1 1/4 cups
B. 1 1/2 x 1 1/3 = 12/6 = 2 cups
C. 1 4/7 x 1 1/3 = 44/21 = 2 2/21 cups
D. 1 3/4 x 1 1/3 = 28/12 = 2 1/3 cups

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with the 70 wanted cookies, and apply the given ratio.

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