Given :
Sugar required for 2 1/2 = 5/2 dozen of cookies is 1 1/4 = 5/4 cups.
To Find :
How many cups of sugar does she need to make the cookies for her party.
Solution :
Let, cups of sugar required to make cookies for her party is x.
So,
[tex]x = \dfrac{\dfrac{5}{4}}{\dfrac{5}{2}}\\\\\\x = \dfrac{1}{2}[/tex]
Therefore, 1/2 cup of cookies is required to make 1 dozen cookies.
Hence, this is the required solution.
Answer: 25/8
Step-by-step explanation:
We would first turn 2 1/2 and 1 1/4 into an improper fraction.
That leaves us with 5/2 and 5/4.
Then, because she needs to make 5/2 dozen cookies and needs 5/4 cups of sugar for every batch, we would multiply 5/2 and 5/4 together.
Therefore x, or the amount of sugar she needs, is 25/8
