Question

Mrs. McClure's famous peanut butter cookies call for 1 cup of peanut butter for every 1 2 of a cup of oil. Today, she wants to make a huge batch with 1 cup of oil. How much peanut butter should she use?

Answer 1

Amount of butter need for 1 cup of oil = 2 cup of butter

Explanation:

Given:

Amount of butter need for 1/2 cup of oil = 1 cup

Find:

Amount of butter need for 1 cup of oil

Computation:

Amount of butter need for 1/2 cup of oil = 1 cup

1 cup butter = 1/2 cup oil

So,

Amount of butter need for 1 cup of oil = 1 / [1/2]

Amount of butter need for 1 cup of oil = 1 / [0.5]

Amount of butter need for 1 cup of oil = 2 cup of butter