Maritza is baking cookies to bring to school and share with her friends her birthday. The recipe requires 3 eggs for every 2 cups of sugar. To have enough cookies for all of her friends, Maritza determined she would ned 12 eggs. If her mom bought 6 cups of sugar, does Maritza have enough sugar to make the cookies? why or why not?

Answer 1

Set up a proportion.

3/2 = 12/x

Cross multiply and solve for x.

3x = 24

x = 8 cups of sugar is needed.

Answer 2

8 cups of sugar is needed.

Answer 3

no she has 1/2 of what she needs

Answer 4

It could be more interesting easier

Answer 5

It is 8 more needed my mans

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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