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You are dying for brownies. Your brownie recipe calls for 2.5 cups of sugar. You have 1.75 cups of sugar in your cabinet. What part of a recipe can you make?

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Answer: To determine what part of the brownie recipe you can make with the amount of sugar you have, we need to calculate the ratio of the sugar you have to the sugar required in the recipe.

Amount of sugar you have = 1.75 cups

Amount of sugar required in the recipe = 2.5 cups

Now, let's calculate the ratio:

Ratio = (Amount of sugar you have) / (Amount of sugar required in the recipe)

Ratio = 1.75 cups / 2.5 cups

Now, we can simplify the ratio:

Ratio = 7/10

So, you have 7/10 or 70% of the amount of sugar required for the brownie recipe. Therefore, you can make 70% of the recipe using the amount of sugar you have.

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