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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If Joe's recipe requires 5 tablespoons of butter and he uses 12 tablespoons, he uses 12/5 = <<12/5=2.4>>2.4 times the amount of butter required in the recipe.
Therefore, if the recipe requires 1/4 cup of sugar, Joe needs 2.4 times the amount of sugar, which is 2.4 * 1/4 = 0.6 cups of sugar.
Since 1 cup equals 16 tablespoons, in tablespoons, Joe needs 0.6 * 16 = 9.6 tablespoons of sugar.
Therefore, Joe needs 9.6 tablespoons of sugar.
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If Joe's recipe requires 5 tablespoons of butter and he uses 12 tablespoons, he uses 12/5 = 2.4 times the amount of butter required in the recipe.
In the recipe, 1/4 cup of sugar is needed. To find how much sugar Joe needs, we multiply 1/4 by 2.4 to account for the increased amount of butter used.
1/4 * 2.4 = 0.6 cups of sugar.
Therefore, Joe needs 0.6 cups of sugar.