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A recipe for banana bread requires 3 cups of bananas for every 1 1/2 cups of sugar used.At this rate,how many cups of sugar should be used if 2 cups of bananas are used ?

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Answer: 1 cup of sugar

Explanation:

A recipe for banana bread requires 3 cups of bananas for every 1 1/2 cups of sugar used.

Converting 1 1/2 cups of sugar to improper fraction becomes 3/2 cups of sugar.

If 3 cups of bananas is required for 3/2 cups of sugar,

x cups of bananas will require 1 cup of sugar

3x / 2 = 3

3x = 6

x = 6/3 = 2

Therefore,

2 cups of bananas will require 1 cup of sugar.

We are looking for the number of cups of sugar that would require 2 cups of bananas.

We already got the answer.

1 cup of sugar would be used if 2 cups of bananas are used.

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