Question

A recipe for banana pudding calls for 2 cups of flour and 1 1/2 cups of butter. If 5 cups of flour were used, how many cups of butter would be needed?

Answer 1

You would need a total of 3 3/4 cups. First double the amount of butter= 3 cups, then half 1 1/2 cups for the last cup of flour which would be 3/4. Add them together, it would equal 3 3/4 cups.

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