Question

jonah has a recipe that’s used 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar and 2 1/3 cups of flour to make 24 muffins. How many muffins can jonah make if he uses all 7 cups of flour?

Answer 1

112 muffins

Explanation:

use the butterfly proportions method

first convert the fraction into decimals, then make a table of cups of flower to muffins. then cross multiply to find 'y' and boom. watch me solve it for a better understanding. Its not as difficult as it seems

flour muffins

1.5 24

7 y

1.5y = 24 x 7

1.5y = 168

y = 168 ÷ 1.5

y = 112

jonah can make 112 muffins if he uses 7 cups of flower