Question

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Answer 1

Answer:

4 2/3 cups of water

Step-by-step explanation:

The original recipe has 3 1/2 cups of potatoes and 3 1/4 cups of water.

4.

If you put 5 cups of potatoes, you can find the amount of water you need using a proportion.

3 1/2 cups of potatoes is to 3 1/4 cups of water as 5 cups of of potatoes is to x cups of water.

(3 1/2) / (3 1/4) = 5/x

(7/2) / (13/4) = 5/x

7/2 * x = 13/4 * 5

2/7 * 7/2 * x = 2/7 * 13/4 * 5

x = 130/28

x = 65/14

x = 4 9/14

4 9/14 as a decimal is 4.64 which is close to 4.6666...

Answer: 4 2/3 cups of water