A recipe calls for 1 3/5 cups of sugar for 18 brownies. How much sugar is needed

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A recipe calls for 1 3/5 cups of sugar for 18 brownies. How much sugar is needed to make 12 brownies? Write your answer as a mixed number?

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1 3/5 = (5+3)/5 = 8/5 cups of sugar for 18 brownies

so for one brownie we would need =8/(5*18) cups of sugar

So for 12 brownies we would need =8*12/(5*18) cups of sugar = 8*12/(5*18) = 16/15 cups of sugar= 1 1/15 cups of sugar....


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