Question

A brownie recipe asks for one and one half times as much sugar as chocolate chips. If two and one half cups of sugar is used, what quantity of chocolate chips would then be needed, according to the recipe?

Answer 1

1 and 1/3 = 4/3 3 and 1/2 = 7/2 ratio: 431=72x x=72∗34=218 21/8 = 2 and 5/8