You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 giant cookies you bake.

Answer:
Sticks of butter : 2
Number of cookies : 40
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that :You need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 giant cookies you bake.
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Sticks of butter Number of cookies
3 24
x 16
5 y
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Let the unknown be x and y..
Since you need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 giant cookies you back
Then 24/3 = 8
Since the number of cookies is 16 then 16/8 = 2
Thus x = 2
Next for y.
Since you need 3 sticks of butter for every 24 giant cookies you back
Then 5 * 8 = 40
Thus, y = 40
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Completed table below:
Sticks of butter Number of cookies
3 24
2 16
5 40
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Given
Base rate
16 cookies
5 butter sticks