SOLUTION: Sarah has a recipe that makes 16 brownies and calls for 3/4 cup flour. After measuring the flour, she finds she only has 1/2 cup. If she decided to make as many brownies with the

Hi,
-Recipe for 16 brownies calls for 3/4 cup flour
-she finds she only has 1/2 cup
-how many brownies could she make?  Let n represent that number

      |Cross Multiply to Solve for n 

         8 = (3/4)n
       (4/3)8 = n = 10 Brownies   (Rounding DOWN to the whole brownie.

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Write the relevant proportion


     = .


Simplify


     = 2n,   or


     = 2n.


Hence,    n =  =  = 10 .


Now round DOWN to the nearest whole numer.



ANSWER.  10 brownies.