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Aiden is making a cookie recipe that requires 4 cups of sugar for every 8 cups of flour. Aiden only has 6 cups of flour. He concludes that he will only need 2 cups of sugar. Is Aiden correct? Why or why not?A Aiden is incorrect. He needs 4 cups of sugar because decreasing the number of cups of flour by 2 requires increasing the number of cups of sugar by 2.B Aiden is correct. The number of cups of sugar must be reduced by 2 because the number of cups of flour is reduced by 2.C Aiden is correct. Half the amount of sugar is needed because only half of the recipe will be made.D Aiden is incorrect. He needs 3 cups of sugar because the ratio 3:6 is equivalent to 4:8.

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Aiden is incorrect. He needs 3 cups of sugar

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