Question

A recipe for flour requires 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of shortening, and 1 cup of milk and makes 1 dozen biscuits. how many biscuits can you make of you triple the recipe?

Answer 1

The given recipe for 1 dozen biscuits is

• 2 cups of flour.

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• 1 cup of shortening.

,

• 1 cup of milk.

Now, we have to multiply each number by 3 in order to triple the recipe. So, the recipe for 3 dozens is

• 6 cups of flour.

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• 3 cups of shortening.

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• 3 cups of milk.

Hence, the total number of biscuits obtained from the new recipe is 36, which is equivalent to 3 dozens.