A recipe calls for three-quarter cup of sugar in 1/2 cup of brown sugar. You are reducing the recipe. You will use 1/6 cup of brown sugar. How much sugar will you use?

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Hamedazhar · Answer 1 · 2020-07-24T12:02:38+0000

Answer:

1/4 cup

Explanation:

1/6 of a cup is the original half cup divided by 3. This means you need to also divide the 3/4 cup of sugar by 3 too.

(3)/(4) ÷ 3

(3)/(4)*(1)/(3) = (3)/(12)=(1)/(4)