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mary is making a batch of chocolate chip cookies the recipe calls for 9 cups of flour and 2 4/7 cups of sugar she isshort on flour cuts the recipe down to 7 cups if flour how much sugar should she add

Sagot :

Mary added [tex]$24 \frac{1}{2}[/tex] cups of sugar.

How to estimate how much sugar should Mary add?

The ratio of flour to sugar exists at 9 cups: 2 4/7 cups

Utilizing equivalent ratios, given that 7 cups of sugar was utilized,

Let cups of flour needed = x such that our equation becomes

flour/sugar[tex]$ =\frac{9}{2\frac{4}{7} }=\frac{x}{7}[/tex]  

[tex]$ \frac{9}{2\frac{4}{7} }=\frac{x}{7}[/tex]

Convert mixed numbers into improper fractions

[tex]$2 \frac{4}{7}= \frac{18}{7}[/tex]

simplifying the above equation, we get

[tex]$\frac{9}{\frac{18}{7} } = \frac{x}{7}[/tex]

= [tex]$24 \frac{1}{2}[/tex]

x = 24.5

The value of x = 24.5.

Therefore, [tex]$24 \frac{1}{2}[/tex] cups of sugar exist required.

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