Question

Please help me!

A recipe uses 8 3/4 cups of milk for every 3 1/2 cups of oatmeal.

How many cups of milk are used for each cup of oatmeal?

Enter your answer as a mixed number in simplest form.

Thank you! :)

Answer 1

2
`(1)/(2)` cups

Explanation:

Given, a recipe uses 8
`(3)/(4)` cups of milk for every 3
`(1)/(2)` cups of oatmeal.

So, For each 8.75 cups of milk ,3.5 cups of oatmeal is required.

Or,

we can say 3.5 cups of oatmeal require 8.75 cups of milk.

Thus,

1 Cup of oatmeal will require
`(8.75)/(3.5)` cups of milk.

= 2.5 cups of milk .

Thus answer is 2.5 cups, Which we can write 2 + 0.5 cups

= 2
`(1)/(2)` cups (In mixed form)