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  • 08-04-2015
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a recipe for brownies calls for 2 cups of oil and 3 cups of sugar.how many cups of oil are used for 1 cup of sugar?

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  • 08-04-2015
We can set up a proportion.

2/3 = x/1

Cross multiply.

2 * 1 = 2. 3 * x = 3x, so we have 3x = 2.

Now we can divide 3 by 2 to get our answer, which is 1.5. :)
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