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A recipe for sugar cookies requires 2 cups of flour for every 2/3 cups of sugar. At this rate, how many cups of sugar should be used if 5 cups of flour are included

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to get 2 to 5, you multiply 2 by 2.5. do the same to 2/3 to get your answer. 2/3 times 2.5 = 2/3 times 5/2 equals 10/6 or 5/3 cups of sugar (1 and 2/3 cups of sugar) i believe
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