You're making dessert but your recipe needs adjustment. Your chocolate chip cookie recipe makes 4 dozen cookies, but you need 3

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dozen cookies. If the recipe requires 15 cups of butter, 5 teaspoons of baking powder, and 2 cups of pecans, how much of each of

these ingredients are necessary for 3 dozen cookies? Simplify your answer

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19 December, 11:48

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Osvaldo Krause · Answer 1

Butter = (3*15) / 4 = 45/4 = 11 1/4 tsp

Baking powder = (3*5) / 4 = 15/4

= 3 3/4 tsp

Pecans = (3 * 2) / 4 = 6/4

= 3/2 = 1.5 cups