The ratio will remain constant. Then the number of cups of sugar used in 1 and 1/2 batches of these cookies will be 1.125.
A ratio is an ordered set of integers a and b expressed as a/b, with b never equaling 0. A percentage is a mathematical expression in which two things are equal.
A recipe for 1 batch of cookies uses 3/4 cup of sugar.
Then the number of cups of sugar used in 1 and 1/2 batches of these cookies will be
We know that the ratio will remain constant. Then we have
1 and 1/2 can be written as 3/2.
Let x be the number of cups of sugar.
Then the ratio will be
[tex]\rm \dfrac{x}{3/2} = \dfrac{3/4}{1}\\\\x = \dfrac{3 \times 3}{2 \times 4}[/tex]
Then we have
x = 9/8
x = 1.125 cups of sugar
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