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A recipe for 18 cookies calls for 1 cup of chocolate chips. How many cups of chocolate chips are needed for 3 dozen cookies?

What kind of proportion, direct or indirect, did you use to answer this question?



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Final answer:

To determine the cups of chocolate chips needed for 3 dozen cookies with a recipe for 18 cookies, a direct proportion is set up based on the given information.


Explanation:

To find out how many cups of chocolate chips are needed for 3 dozen cookies when a recipe for 18 cookies requires 1 cup of chocolate chips, a proportion can be set up.

  1. 1 cup of chocolate chips is needed for 18 cookies.
  2. Therefore, 2 cups of chocolate chips (1 cup 2) are needed for 36 cookies (2 18).
  3. Direct proportion is used in this case because as the number of cookies increases, the amount of chocolate chips needed also increases proportionally.

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