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a recipe requires 1/2 cup of flour for every batch of cookies how many full batches of cookies can be made with 5 1/2 cups of flour

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You're answer would be 11 batches :)
User Kaa
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Hello There!

You want to know how many cookies can be made using 5 1/2 cups of flour.



Solving

1 x 2 2
-------------- = -----
2 x 11 22

2/22 simplified is 1/11


So, You can make 11 cookies with 5 1/2 cups of flour.

Hope this helped!
User Dave Winer
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