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If it takes a fourth of a cup of oil to make 10 cookies, how much oil would it take to make 50 cookies? ?

User Strive Sun
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It would take 4 1/4’s
User Ikolim
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Answer:

5/4 or 1 1/4 cup of oil

Explanation:

Let's make a ratio. 1/4:10. We need to multiply 10 by 5 to get 50 cookies and do the same on the other side of the ratio. 1/4x5=5/4 or 1 1/4 and 10x5 is 50. So our final ratio would be 5/4:50. Hope this helped.

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