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A cookie recipe calls for 1 2/3 cup of sugar. If you plan on changing the recipe to make 2 1/2 times as much. How much sugar will you need?Write your answer as a Mixed number or improper fraction in the simplest form.

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Answer:

    = 4 1/6 ---------------> final answer

Step-by-step explanation:

1 2/3 cup of sugar  

That is : 5/3 cups of sugar for 1 cookie recipe

So for 1 recipe ------------- 5/3 cups of sugar

hence for 2 1/2 recipe ---------------> (5/3) * (5/2)

         = 25/6

          = 4 1/6 ---------------> final answer

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

1 2/3(3×1+2=5) × 2 1/2(2×2+1=5)

=5/3 × 5/2

Using A/B × C/D = A×C/B×D

5×5 / 3×2= 25/6

=4 1/6 in simplest form

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