you are baking cookies. recipe 2 cup sugar

1-1/2 cup flour
2 eggs
a- you make one and one-half batches of cookies, how many eggs have you used?

Answer- 2 eggs

b- Each batch makes 24 cookies. you make x batches of cookies but eat 5 cookies as you are baking. Write an expression for the number of cookies you have.

Answer- X= 24-5 ....I got confused . please help me solving this problem..Thanks.

Sure, let's break down the problem step by step.

a) If you make one and one-half batches of cookies, it means you are essentially making 1.5 times the original recipe. Since the original recipe calls for 2 eggs, you would need 2 eggs * 1.5 = 3 eggs for one and one-half batches of cookies.

So the answer is 3 eggs.

b) Each batch makes 24 cookies, and you make x batches of cookies. However, you eat 5 cookies while baking.

To calculate the total number of cookies you have, you need to know the number of cookies per batch and subtract the cookies you ate.

Number of cookies per batch = 24

Number of cookies you ate = 5

Number of batches you made = x

Expression for the number of cookies you have:

Number of cookies you have = (Number of cookies per batch) * (Number of batches you made) - (Number of cookies you ate)
= 24 * x - 5

So the expression for the number of cookies you have is 24x - 5.