Joe's recipe requires 1/4 cup of sugar, 5 tablespoons of butter and 2 teaspoons of salt. If he uses 12 tablespoons of butter, how much sugar does he need?
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2 points
0.6
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1.5
Since the recipe requires 5 tablespoons of butter and Joe uses 12 tablespoons, he uses 12/5 = <<12/5=2.4>>2.4 times the amount of butter needed.
Therefore, he will need 2.4 times the amount of sugar as well, which is 2.4 * 1/4 = 0.6 cups of sugar.
So, Joe needs 0.6 cups of sugar.