Question

A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 10:3, if you used 70 ounces of sugar, how many ounces of flour would you need to use

Answer 1

Answer:

21 ounces of flour

Step-by-step explanation:

10/3 = 70/x

isolate the so that it is on the top, so multiply by x on the right and on the left

this gives you:

x*10/3=70

try to isolate x and multiply by 3 to get rid of the denominator

x*10=70*3

x*10= 210

finally isolate x by dividing by 10 and getting rid of the 10 multiplying with it

x= 210/10

x=21

you need 21 ounces of flour if you have 70 ounces of sugar you can double check by making sure the ratio of 10/3 is equal to 70/21 and of course they both equal 3.33 repeating, therefore your answer is correct Hope that helps

Answer 2

Answer:

You would need 21 ounces of flour

Step-by-step explanation:

sugar:flour

10:3

10x7=70

70:?

3x7=21

70:21