<PRE><B>Question 1003612</B>
 1. A cookie recipe calls for 1 7/8 of flour and 1 1/4 of sugar. A girl has plenty of flour but only 2 1/8 of sugar. How much flour should she use with the 2 1/8 cups for sugar to keep the indegredients in proportion? 
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Use a proportion:
flour/sugar = flour/sugar
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f/(2 1/8) = (1 7/8)/(1 1/4)
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f/(17/8) = [15/8 / 5/4]
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f/(17/8) = 15/10
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f/(17/8) = 3/2
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f = (17/8)(3/2)
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flour = 51/16 = 3.1876 cups
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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