SOLUTION: this recipe makes three dozen cookies. You want to make enough cookies so that 360 people each get two cookies. How will you scale up the recipe? How much of the ingredients will y

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Question 869328: this recipe makes three dozen cookies. You want to make enough cookies so that 360 people each get two cookies. How will you scale up the recipe? How much of the ingredients will you need?
1 1/16 cups of butter
5/8 cup white sugar
1 3/4 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 7/8 cups of all-purpose flour
5/6 cups of chopped almonds
7/12 cup of confectioner's sugar

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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360%2A2%2F%2812%2A3%29, recipes to make.
20 recipes.

Multiply every ingredient quantity by 20, and simplify each value.

Butter: %2817%2F16%2920=17%285%2F4%29=21%261%2F4 cups.
White Sugar: %285%2F8%2920=5%285%2F2%29=12%261%2F2 cups.
Vanilla Extct.: %287%2F4%2920=35 teaspoons.
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