Practice problem

Inverse and Direct Variation Word Problems - Examples

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Kenny is baking some brownies. The recipe calls for $2$ sticks of butter and half a cup of sugar. Kenny decides to make a slightly bigger batch.

Instead of $2$ sticks of butter, Kenny used $3$ sticks. How much sugar should Kenny use instead? $\\$

(note that there are $16$ tablespoons in each cup)