Question

A recipe for cupcakes calls for 3⁄4 of a cup of sugar and 2 cups of flour. If you want to make a bigger batch, using 3 cups of flour, how much sugar will you need? Write your answer as a fraction of a cup.

Answer 1

The quantity of flour is multiplied by 3/2. When sugar is multiplied by the same factor, it becomes
.. (3/4 c)*(3/2) = 9/8 c