Question

A recipe says to use 1.5 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. What is the constant of proportionality that relates the number of cookies made, y, to the number of cups of flour used, x?

Answer 1

Answer:  16

Step-by-step explanation:

$\dfrac{24\ cookies}{1.5\ cups\ flour}\div\dfrac{1.5}{1.5}=\dfrac{16\ cookies}{1\ cup\ flour}=\large\boxed{16\ \text{cookies per cups of flour}}$