A recipe for 9 blueberry muffins calls for 1 cup of flour. The number of muffins that can be made varies directly with the amount of flour used. There are 2 and one third cups of flour available. How many muffins can be made?

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Giovanny Estrada

11 June, 15:42

A recipe for 9 blueberry muffins calls for 1 cup of flour. The number of muffins that can be made varies directly with the amount of flour used. There are 2 and one third cups of flour available. How many muffins can be made?

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Bucko · Answer 1

21 muffins can be made

Bryanna Rowe · Answer 2

1/3 of 9 is 3.

With 1 cup of flour, you can make one batch. With 2 cups of flour, you can make two batches. With having an additional 1/3 cup of flour, you can make 3 more muffins from this.

So with that, 9+9+3 = 21 muffins.