Question

A dozen muffins is 12 muffins. A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of almonds to make half a dozen muffins. Use a complex fraction to find how many cups of almonds are needed to make a dozen muffins.

Answer 1

1) Firstly, let's set a proportion to find out how mny cups of almonds are needed.

muffins cups of almonds

6 3/4

12 x

2)

Cross multiplying it:

6x = 12 * 3/4

6x = 9

x= 9/6

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