A recipe calls for 2/3 of cups of milk for 11 cookies. How many cups of milk are needed to make 165 cookies?

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Americo · Answer 1 · 2021-03-09T11:01:32+0000

Answer:

10 cups of milk

Explanation:

Make a proportion, where x is the number of cups of milk for 165 cookies:

(2/3)/(11) =
(x)/(165)

Cross multiply and solve for x:

11x = 110

x = 10

So, 10 cups of milk are needed to make 165 cookies