Question

melinda used 8 cups of sugar when baking cookies for valentines day. Each bath of cookies used 2/9 cup of sugar. Approximately how many batches of cookies did melinda make for valentines day?

Answer 1

Answer:

36 batches

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

Each bath of cookies used 2/9 cup of sugar

so

using proportion

Find out how many batches of cookies Melinda makes for 8 cups of sugar

$\frac{1}{(2/9)}\ \frac{bath}{cups}=\frac{x}{8}\ \frac{bath}{cups}\\\\x=8/(2/9)\\\\x=36\ batches$