Question 1123695
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The additional 1/4 cup of sugar would make a total of 8 1/4 cups, or 33/4 cups.<br>
If then the amount of sugar would have been half the amount of flour, then those 33/4 cups would be split in the ratio 2:1; that is, 2/3 of the 33/4 cups would be flour and 1/3 of the 33/4 cups would be sugar.<br>
1/3 of 33/4 cups is 11/4 cups; and that is 1/4 cup more than the recipe calls for.<br>
So the amount of sugar in the recipe is 10/4 = 5/2 = 2 and 1/2 cups.<br>
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Note I read the "1/4 more sugar" as "1/4 cup more sugar"; I suspect that is what was intended....