Question

It takes 3 eggs to make two dozen cookies. About what fraction of an egg are in two cookies

Answer 1

keeping in mind that two dozen cookies is just 24 cookies, then

`\begin{array}{ccll} eggs&cookies\\ \cline{1-2} 3 & 24\\ x& 2 \end{array} \implies \cfrac{3}{x}=\cfrac{24}{2}\implies \cfrac{3}{x}=12\implies 3=12x \\\\\\ \cfrac{3}{12}=x\implies \cfrac{1}{4}=x`