"make this puzzle but in image form:
The Mystery of the Missing Cookies
You're baking cookies with your friend, but you can't find all the ingredients! You know the following:
You need 3 times as much flour as sugar.
You need 2 more cups of chocolate chips than sugar.
You have 5 cups of flour.
Can you figure out how many cups of sugar, chocolate chips, and butter you need?
Here's how to solve it:
Let's use variables:
Let 's' represent the number of cups of sugar.
Let 'f' represent the number of cups of flour.
Let 'c' represent the number of cups of chocolate chips.
Let 'b' represent the number of cups of butter.
Write down the information as equations:
f = 3s (You need 3 times as much flour as sugar)
c = s + 2 (You need 2 more cups of chocolate chips than sugar)
f = 5 (You have 5 cups of flour)
Solve for 's' (sugar):
Since you know f = 5 and f = 3s, you can substitute: 5 = 3s
Divide both sides by 3: s = 5/3 cups of sugar
Solve for 'c' (chocolate chips):
You know c = s + 2 and s = 5/3, so substitute: c = (5/3) + 2
Simplify: c = 11/3 cups of chocolate chips
Solve for 'b' (butter):
You don't have enough information to solve for 'b'. You need another clue about the amount of butter needed!
Therefore, you need 5/3 cups of sugar and 11/3 cups of chocolate chips. You still need to figure out how much butter you need!"