Sebastian is making gingerbread cookies and lemon bars for a holiday party. He needs 2.5 times as much sugar for the bars as he needs for the cookies. If his gingerbread cookie recipe calls for 1.5 cups of sugar, how much sugar does Sebastian need for the lemon bars?

Question

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Answer 1

To find out how much sugar Sebastian needs for the lemon bars, we can multiply the amount of sugar needed for the cookies by 2.5.

The recipe for gingerbread cookies requires 1.5 cups of sugar. Therefore, the amount of sugar needed for the lemon bars is:

\[ 1.5 \text{ cups} \times 2.5 = 3.75 \text{ cups} \]

So, Sebastian needs 3.75 cups of sugar for the lemon bars.