Mrs. Carter's famous peanut butter cookies call for 1 cup of peanut butter for every 1/2 of a cup of oil. Today, she wants to make a huge batch with 1 cup of oil. How much peanut butter should she use?
From the above question:
1/2 cup of oil = 1 cup of peanut butter
1 cup of oil = x
Cross Multiply
1/2x = 1 × 1
x = 1 ÷ 1/2
x = 1 × 2/1
x = 2 cups of peanut butter.
Therefore, for huge batch with 1 cup of oil, she should use 2 cups of peanut butter.
