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A cookie recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of sugar. It makes 60 cookies. You only have 1/2 cups of sugar. How many cookies can you make?

User Hkoof
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Answer:

12 cookies can be made

Explanation:

User Sylence
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Answer:

12 cookies

Explanation:

2 1/2 cups of sugar can be simplified to 5/2 cups of sugar

If 5/2 cups of sugar = 60 cookies, and you only have 1/2 cups of sugar,

you can divide both sides by 5 to satisfy your requirements.

1/2 cups of sugar = 12 cookies

so the answer is therefore 12 cookies

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