SOLUTION: A cookie recipe calls for 2/3 cup sugar to make 24 two-inch cookies. According to this recipe, how many cups of sugar should be used to make 60 two inch cookies.? A. 5/9 B. 1

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Question 427942: A cookie recipe calls for 2/3 cup sugar to make 24 two-inch cookies. According to this recipe, how many cups of sugar should be used to make 60 two inch cookies.?
A. 5/9
B. 1
C. 1 1/5
D. 1 2/3
E. 3 1/6
Answer by shree840(260) About Me  (Show Source):
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ratio sugar no. of two inch cookies

2/3 24
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x 60
x= 2/3 *5/2= 5/3 ans