The nestle house cookie recipe used 4.5 cups of flour, 3.5 cups of granulated sugar, and. 75 cups of brown sugar what is the ratio of:

a. granulated to brown sugar?

b. flour to brown sugar?

c. flour to all sugar?

You can just substitute the names for the numers: (all sugar was 3.5+0.75=4.25)

a. granulated to brown sugar?

3.5:0.75

b. flour to brown sugar?

4.5:0.75

c. flour to all sugar?

4.5:4.25

but this looks ugly, so we can simplyfy it. Now, we can mupltiply all numbers by 100! (this will get rid of the.)

a. granulated to brown sugar?

350:75

b. flour to brown sugar?

450:75

c. flour to all sugar?

450:425

and they all are mupliples of 25, so let's divide all by 25!

a. granulated to brown sugar?

14:3

b. flour to brown sugar?

18:3

c. flour to all sugar?

18:17

now they all look good, but the second one can still be simplified:

a. granulated to brown sugar?

14:3

b. flour to brown sugar?

6:1

c. flour to all sugar?

18:17

that's the answer!