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To make banana bread, Colin uses 3/4 of a cup of brown sugar for every 2 cups of flour. How much brown sugar should Colin use to make a small batch with only 1 cup of flour?

User Vizsatiz
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Answer:

3/8

Explanation:

User Mike Curtiss
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Answer:


he \: will \: need \to \: \boxed{(3)/(8) } \: of \: a \:cup \: of \: brown \: sugar \\

Explanation:


if \: Colin \: uses \: (3)/(4) \: of \: a \: cup \: of \: brown \: sugar \: \\ for \: every \: 2 \: cups \: of \: flour. \\ then \: Colin \: will \: use \to \: ( (3)/(4) / 2 \: ) \\ \: to \: make \: a \: small \: batch \: with \: only \: 1 \: cup \: of flour. \\ (3)/(4) / (2)/(1) = (3)/(4) * (1)/(2) = \boxed{(3)/(8) }

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