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A chocolate chip cookie recipe requires three and one third cups of flour to one cup of chocolate chips. If three and three quarters cups of flour is used, what quantity of chocolate chips will be needed, according to the recipe?

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A chocolate chip cookie recipe requires three and one third cups of flour to one cup of chocolate chips. If three and three quarters cups of flour is used, what quantity of chocolate chips will be needed, according to the recipe?

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To solve this problem, we need to find the ratio of flour to chocolate chips in the original recipe.

  1. The original recipe calls for 3 1/3 cups of flour to 1 cup of chocolate chips. We can convert 3 1/3 to a decimal for easier calculation. 3 1/3 = 3.33 (rounded to two decimal places).

  2. Now, we need to find out how many cups of chocolate chips are needed for each cup of flour. We do this by dividing the quantity of chocolate chips by the quantity of flour. So, 1 ÷ 3.33 = 0.3 (rounded to one decimal place). This means for every cup of flour, we need 0.3 cups of chocolate chips.

  3. The problem states that we are using 3 3/4 cups of flour. Again, we can convert this to a decimal for easier calculation. 3 3/4 = 3.75.

  4. Now, we multiply the quantity of flour we are using by the quantity of chocolate chips needed for each cup of flour. So, 3.75 x 0.3 = 1.125.

Therefore, if 3 3/4 cups of flour is used, 1.125 cups of chocolate chips will be needed according to the recipe.

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