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Answer 1 · 2016-11-30T03:06:09

#x = 4/3# cup

The ratios can be written as:

2 cups:36 cookies = #x# cups:24 cookies and we need to find #x#

Writing this as an equation and solving for #x# gives:

#2/36 = x/24#

#24 * 2/36 = 24 * x/24#

#48/36 = cancel(24) * x/cancel(24)#

#(12*4)/(12*3) = x#

#(cancel(12)*4)/(cancel(12)*3) = x#

#x = 4/3# cup