A recipe calls for 2 cups of milk for every 6 1/4 cups of flour. If you increase the flour to 43 3/4 cups, how many cups of milk will you use?
Answer:
14 cups of milk
Step-by-step explanation:
The question can be rephrased how many 6 1/4 cups of flour can we get in 43 3/4 cups of flour so that we find how many cups of milk required
6 1/4 = 25/4.
Also, 43 3/4 = 175/4
We could now divide 175/4 by 25/4 to get how many 6 1/4 cups of flour are in 43 3/4 cups of flour = 175/4 / 25/4 = 175/4×4/25= 7
This means that we have seven 6 1/4 cups of flour, therefore we require 7×2 = 14 cups of milk (given that we require 2 cups of milk for every 6 1/4 cups of flour)
