Question

Jonah has a recipe that uses 1 ½ cups of brown sugar and 2 ⅓ cups of flour to make 24 muffins. He has a total of 7 cups of flour. Jonah wants to use all of his flour to make as many muffins as possible using the recipes. Part A: Exactly how many cups of brown sugar will jonah use, if he uses all 7 cups of flour? Part B: Exactly how many muffins will jonah make if he uses all 7 cups of flour?

Answer 1

part A:

`7 / 2 (1)/(3) = 3`

`3 * 1 (1)/(2) = 4 (1)/(2)`

jonah will use 4 1/2 cups of brown sugar

part B:

`7 / 2 (1)/(3) = 3`

jonah will make 3 muffins.

Explanation:

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