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Trina uses 1/2cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of flour in a recipe. How many cups of sugar would she need if she uses 3 cups of flour?

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Trina uses 1/2cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of flour in a recipe.
Let's find out how many cups of sugar would she need if she uses 3 cups of flour:
=>1/2 = 3/4
=>0.5 = 0.75 = x = 3
=> 3 * 0.5 = 1.5
=> 1.5 / 0.75 = 2
Thus, 2 cups of sugar = 3 cups of flour.
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Answer:

2 cups of sugar

Explanation:

Trina uses the number of cups of sugar in a recipe =
(1)/(2)

= 0.5 cups

she uses the number of cups of flour in a recipe =
(3)/(4)

= 0.75 cups

The proportion of sugar and flour she uses =
(0.5)/(0.75)

Let the sugar would be needed for 3 cups of flour = x

Therefore,
(0.5)/(0.75) ×
(x)/(3)


x=(1.5)/(0.75)

x = 2

She would be needed 2 cups of sugar.

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