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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