Question

A cookie recipe for 30 cookies calls for 2 cups of flour. How much flour is needed to make 45 cookies? How much cups is needed for 45 cookies. And what is the unit rate for cookie/cups of flour

Answer 1

3 cups. 15 cookies to 1 cup of flour.

Explanation:

The answer is 3 cups. The first thing you do is find the unit rate. Divide 30 by 2 and you know that 1 cup of flour makes 15 cookies. Then divide 45 by 15 which is 3 and which tells you that 3 cups of flour makes 45 cookies.

Answer 2

3 cups of flour for 30 cookies
Unit rate is 15/1
1 cup of flour for every 15 cookies