Joaquin wants to make his famous chocolate chip cookies to bring to his friend's birthday party. The original recipe serves 8 pe

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2 years ago

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ople and requires 1/2 of a cup of butter but he
needs it to serve 28 people. How many cups of butter will he need?

1 answer:

Valentin [98] · Answer 1 · 2023-12-04T08:01:16+03:00

Answer: He will need 1 1/4 cups of butter

Step-by-step explanation:

1. We can do 28/8 to find how much we need to multiply our 1/2 cup of butter to keep the ratio of people to cups of butter the same. 28/8= 3 1/2

2. Then we can multiply 3 1/2 and 1/2 to get 1 1/4 cups of butter.