A cookie recipe requires #3/4# cup of flour and #1/3# cup of butter to make one batch of cookies. Wendy has 2 cups of flour and #3/4# cup of butter. What is the greatest number of batches she can make?

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Ethan Adkins · Accepted Answer

She has enough butter and flour to make #2 1/4# batches of cookies.

Whichever of the butter and flour runs out first will determine how many batches of cookies she can make. She needs #3/4# of a cup of flour per batch. She has #2# cups. So, find the number of batches she can make with the #2# cups: #2 div 3/4 = 2 xx4/3 = 8/3 = 2 2/3# batches. She needs #1/3# cup butter per batch. She has #3/4# cup. So, find the number of batches she can make with the #3/4# cup: #3/4 div 1/3 = 3/4 xx3/1 = 9/4 = 2 1/4# batches. #2 1/4 # is less than #2 2/3#, so she will run out of butter first. She has enough butter and flour to make #2 1/4# batches of cookies.

Genesis Allen · Answer

undefined Wendy can make 8 batches of cookies with the ingredients she has.