A recipe asks for 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips for 60 cookies. How many cups would be needed for 36 cookies?
1.5/60 = 0.025 cups of chips per cookie.
36 * 0.025 = ?
60
9/10 0r 0.9
To find out how many cups of chocolate chips would be needed for 36 cookies, we can use the concept of proportion.
First, let's set up a ratio:
1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips corresponds to 60 cookies.
To find out how many cups is needed for 36 cookies, we can set up a proportion using these values:
(1 1/2 cups) / (60 cookies) = (x cups) / (36 cookies)
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
(1 1/2 cups) * (36 cookies) = (60 cookies) * (x cups)
Multiplying 1 1/2 cups by 36 cookies gives us 54 cups:
54 cups = (60 cookies) * (x cups)
To isolate x, we divide both sides of the equation by 60 cookies:
54 cups / (60 cookies) = x cups
Simplifying the fraction 54/60, which can be reduced to 9/10, we get:
9/10 cups = x cups
Therefore, for 36 cookies, you would need approximately 9/10 cups of chocolate chips.