Nick is making cookies the recipe requires 2 1/3 cup of flour and 1/6 teaspoons of salt. Nick wants to make the recipe using 1 c

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up of flour. To maintain the ratio, how much salt is required when 1 cup of flour is used?

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photoshop1234 [79] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-22T23:18:55+03:00

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Answer:

1 / 14 tsp salt

(1 over 14)

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's set the scale factor as x.

So,

2 1/3 * x = 1

Divide both sides by 2 1/3, which is equal to 7/3

x = 1 / (7/3)

x = 3 / 7

So, amount of salt would be written as:

(1/6) * (3/7) =

(1/2) * (1/7) =

1 / 14 tsp salt