Question

A cookie recipe calls for 1/2 stick of butter for every 2 cups of flour. Jaclyn uses 3 sticksof butter in the recipe, how many cups of flour will she need to balance out the recipe?Show your workB123

Answer 1

The Solution:

Given:

1/2 stick of butter for every 2 cups of flour.

Required:

To find the number of cups of flour if 3 sticks of butter is used.

Let the number of cups of flour be represented with x.

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

Solving for x, we get:

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(2)x=2*3 \\ \\ (1)/(2)x=6 \\ \end{gathered}`

Cross multiplying, we get:

`\begin{gathered} x=2*6=12\text{ } \\ x=12\text{ cups of flour.} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the correct answer is 12 cups of flour.