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Recipe calls for two eggs for every half cup of sugar if you use 2 1/2 cups of sugar how many eggs will you need

User Xirema
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Answer:

9 eggs

Explanation:

2 to 1/2

so

1 egg is 1/4 cup of sugar

2 eggs are 2/4 cup of sugar

4 eggs are 4/4 cups of sugar

To make 2 wholes is 8 eggs

Half a cup of sugar is 1 egg

So 9 eggs is needed for 2 1/2 cups of sugar

User Pandita
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I think you would need ten eggs for 2 1/2 cups of sugar. I might be wrong
User Anjani Barnwal
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