Question

A recipe for a batch of three dozen chocolate chip cookies calls for 3 cups of flour 1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of chocolate chips how much of each ingredient should be used to make two dozen cookies

Answer 1

2 dozen versus 3 dozen is 2 to 3 or 2/3 of the original.

Multiply 2/3 by the quantity of each.

FLOUR
=3 cups * 2/3
=(3)(2/3)
=(3*2)/3
=6/3
=2 cups flour

SUGAR
=1 cup * 2/3
=2/3 cups sugar

CHOCOLATE CHIPS
=2 cups * 2/3
=2 * 2/3
=(2*2)/3
=4/3 cups or 1 1/3 cups chocolate chip


ANSWER: 2 cups flour, 2/3 cup sugar, 4/3 or 1 1/3 cups chocolate chips

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