Question

A recipe for 24 cookies calls for 4 tablespoons of sugar. If you make 40 cookies and use 5 tablespoons, will the cookies taste the same? Explain

Answer 1

No because the ratio will be different.
The 24cookies per 4 sugar tbsps calls for 1 tbsp for every 6 cookies. This makes the ratio 6:1.
If u divide 40/5, you will get a ratio of 8:1. This means 1 tbsp of sugar in every 8 cookies. Making the cookies less sugary

Answer 2

Explanation:

No, because they wouldn't contain the same amount of sugar per cookie

for the first recipe - 24 cookies with 6 tablespoons

thats 6/24 so 0.25 tablespoons of sugar per cookie

for the second recipe - 36 cookies with 10 tablespoons

thats 10/36 so 0.276 tablespoons per cookie

the cookies in the second recipe would be slightly sweeter than the cookies in the first