Question

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flower. Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour. How many cups of milk should he use to keep the proportions correct?

Answer 1

2.5 cups of milk

Explanation:

Given that,

A cake recipe calls for 1.5 cups of milk and 3 cups of flower.

Seth made a mistake and used 5 cups of flour.

We need to find number of cups of milk he use to keep the proportions correct. Let he used x cups of milk.

`(1.5)/(3)=(x)/(5)\\\\x=(1.5* 5)/(3)\\\\x=2.5`

Hence, he should use 2.5 cups of milk.