Question

A sugar cookie recipe calls for 5 cups of flour for every 1 cups of sugar. If y y is the number of cups of flour and x x is the number of cups of sugar, write a formula to determine the number of cups of flour needed for any number of cups of sugar. Your formula should be in the form of an equation.

Answer 1

yy=5(xx)

Explanation:

Because I said so :D

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Answer 2

yy=5(xx)

works because lets say you need 3 cups of sugar. 3x5 is 15 which is exactly the number of cups of flour you would need