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If the flour to sugar ratio is 5 liters flour to 1 liter sugar, then how much sugar is needed if only 2 liters of flour are used? (Give the answer as a fraction.)

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the proportion to figure this out would be 1/5 = x/2. solving this, you find that x=0.4

as a fraction the answer would be 0.4/2 (0.4 liters of sugar to 2 liters of flour)
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