Question

A recipe calls for 5 cups of sugar and 2 cups of brown sugar. You are enlarging

Answer 1

7.5 cups sugar will be used.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

Recipe calls 5 cups of sugar and 2 cups of brown sugar.

After enlarging 3 cups brown sugar is used.

To find the amount of sugar

Solution

2 cups enlarging into 3 cups

That means, $\frac{3}{2}$ times it's increasing.

Hence, 5 cups of sugar is also increasing by $\frac{3}{2}$ times

So, amount of sugar = 5× $\frac{3}{2}$ = $\frac{15}{2}$ = 7.5 cups