Question

When beans are cooked, the amount of water required varies directly with the cups of beans. If 2 cups of beans require 4.5 cups of water, how many cups of water are needed to prepare 5 cups of beans?

Answer 1

11.25 cups of water is needed to cook 5 cups of Beans.

Explanation:

Given:

The amount of water required varies directly with the cups of beans.

2 cups of beans require 4.5 cups of water.

we need to find how many cups of water are needed to prepare 5 cups of beans.

4.5 cups of water =2 cups of bean

Number of cups of water = 5 cups of bean.

Now Using Unitary method for solving above we get,

Number of cups of water required =
`(5*4.5)/(2)=(22.5)/(2)=11.25 \ cups`

Hence 11.25 cups of water is required to prepare 5 cups of beans.