Question

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 in the box as a mixed number in simplest form.

Answer 1

2 1/2

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Number of oatmeal cups =
`3(1)/(2)=(7)/(2)` cups

Number of cups of milk needed for 7/2 cups of oatmeal =
`8(3)/(4)`

=
`(35)/(4)` cups

Hence, number of cups of milk used of 1 cup of oatmeal =

`((35)/(4))/((7)/(2))`

=
`(35)/(4)* (2)/(7)`

=
`(5)/(2)` cups

Or in mixed fraction it is =
`2(1)/(2)` cups