Problema Solution
a chocolate chip cookie recipe that makes 24 cookies use a 1/2 cup of brown sugar. If rapheal wants to make 72 cookies, how much brown sugar does he need.
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let x = the cups of brown sugar needed
24 : 1/2 = 72 : x
by solving we find
x = 3/2 cups
x = 1 1/2 cups
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Raphael ween 1 1/2 cups of sugar.