A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. write and solve a proportion to find how much flour is needed to make 54 cookies.

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Yuray · Answer 1 · 2017-06-12T13:54:43+0000

2 cups of flour x cups of flour
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24 cookies 54 cookies

cross multiply
2*54=24x
24x=108
x=4.5

4.5 cups of flour