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F Rowe asked Dec 14, 2023

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It takes 2 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. How much flour will it take to make 60 cookies?

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Answer:

5 cups

Explanation:

If 2 cups makes 24 cookies, then 1 cup makes 12 cookies. Since 12 times five is 60, 1 cup of flour filled five times makes 60 cookies so you will need 5 cups of flour.

Shreesh Katti answered Dec 17, 2023

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Answer:

5 cups of flour needed to make 60 cookies.

Explanation:

24 cookies → 2 cups of flour

1 cookies → (2/24) cups of flour

60 cookies → [(2/24)*60 ] cups of flour

60 cookies → 5 cups of flour needed

Tsando answered Dec 21, 2023

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