3 dozen=3·12=36

Use cross multiplication
1/3·36=5x
12=5x
12/5=5x/5
x=12/5 or 2 2/5 or 2.4
12/5 or 2 2/5 cups of flour is needed to make 3 dozen rolls
No. In order to make the ratio correct you would need to divide both numbers of original recipe by the same number. 15/3=5 but 17/3 is not equal to 7
5n = 40
n = 8 (Divide everything by five)
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If 5/8 of the teachers are males, there are 45 male teachers.
Subtract this value from 72 (i.e., find 3/8 of 72), and you will find that there are 27 female teachers.