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A recipe for 30 cookies calls for 6 tablespoons of butter. How many tablespoons of butter would you need for 45 cookies?

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Answer: 9 tablespoons

Explanation:

You are going to find the unit rate...

6 tablespoons of butter/30 cookies=0.2 tablespoons per cookie so....

0.2*45=9 tablespoons of butter for 45 cookies

User Emptyless
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Answer:

9 tablespoons

Explanation:

cut the recipe in half then add one half to the full

6+3=9

i bake a lot i had to learn how to do this

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