Question

Paul is making banana bread. The number of cups of bananas he uses is proportional to the number of loaves of bread. Paul uses 11 1/4 cups of bananas to make 5 loaves of bread. Which equation represents the relationship between, c, the number of cups of bananas, and b, the number of loaves of bread?

Answer 1

The equation that best represents the relationship between the number of loaves of bread which is denoted by b and the number of cups of bananas which is denoted by c is c = 2 1/4b.

We know that we need 11 ¼ cups of bananas is needed to make 5 loaves of bread.

We need to divide 11 ¼ to 5 which the answer is 2 ¼. The 2 ¼ represents how many cups is needed to make 1 loaf of bread.