Question

You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 cookies you bake. How many sticks of butter for 16 cookies

Answer 1

You need 2 sticks of butter because the ratio is 1 stick of butter per 8 cookies. 16 divided by 8 is 2, so you need 2 sticks of butter

Answer 2

Answer: 2 sticks.

Explanation:

Given statement: You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 cookies you bake.

Using unitary method , the number of sticks of butter used to bake 1 cookie=
`(3)/(24)=(1)/(8)`

Then the number of sticks of butter used to bake 1 cookie=
`(1)/(8)*16=2`

Hence, the number of sticks of butter used to bake 16 cookies= 2