A chef has a famous sauce recipe. Tonight he makes 1.5 times the amount of the sauce in the recipe. He uses 15/20 ounces of cumin . how much cumin is there in 1 recipe
1.5x = 15/20 ounces
x = 15/20/1.5 ounces
$${\frac{{\frac{{\mathtt{15}}}{{\mathtt{20}}}}}{{\mathtt{1.5}}}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{1}}}{{\mathtt{2}}}} = {\mathtt{0.5}}$$
0.5 ounce is original quantity
Half an ounce