Question

A cookie recipe that makes three dozen cookies calls for 2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour will be needed to make only two dozen cookies?

Answer 1

1 1/3 cups of flour

Explanation:

If three dozen is 2 cups then A dozen will be 2/3 cups of flour

If one dozen is 2/3 then two dozens will be 1 1/3 cups of flour

Answer 2

2cups --------3dozens

2dozens--------????

Let the number of cups be y

y+3/2=1and ahalf