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It takes 4 cups of sugar to make 6 batches of cookies. How many cups of sugar is needed for 15 batches of cookies?

User Aecavac
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Answer:

10 cups of sugar

Explanation:

you can easily make it into a ratio.... ( the amountof sugar needed to make 15 batches of cookies is x)

x/15 = 4/6

when you multiply you get 6x = 4 Ă— 15

6x = 60, then you divide by 6

giving you x=10

User Michael Johansen
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Answer:

10 cups

Explanation:

6 divided by 4 is 1.5 and if you take 15 divided by 1.5 it'd be 10

User Patrick Huizinga
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