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A recipe for a batch of 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies calls for 3 cups of flour, one cup of sugar, and 2 cups of chocolate chips. how much of each ingredient should be used to make 2 dozen cookies

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Answer:

2 cups of flour

2/3 cup of sugar

1 1/3 cups of chocolate chips

Explanation:

3 dozen chocolate chip cookies

3 cups of flour

1 cup of sugar

2 cups of chocolate chips

The recipe is for 3 dozen cookies as stated above.

If you make 2 dozen cookies, then you are making 2/3 of the recipe since 2 is 2/3 of 3.

That means you need 2/3 of all the ingredients.

2/3 × 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies

2/3 × 3 cups of flour

2/3 × 1 cup of sugar

2/3 × 2 cups of chocolate chips

We simplify the amounts to:

2 dozen chocolate chip cookies

2 cups of flour

2/3 cup of sugar

1 1/3 cups of chocolate chips

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