Question

You use 8 cups of flour to make 24 muffins at that rate how much flour will it take to make 30 muffins

Answer 1

10 cups of flour total. (8x30)/24

Answer 2

Write and solve an equation of ratios:

x 30 muf

---- = --------------

8 24 muf

Then 24x=240, and x = 10 (cups of flour)