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Please help need how to explain this theory. Thanks

Please help need how to explain this theory. Thanks-example-1
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Hi there!

A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk.
We are making 1/2 of the recipe, which means we also need half of the milk needed for the total recipe. Therefore, we can multiply 1/2 (half of the recipe) by 3/4 (the total amount of cups of milk needed for the total recipe).


(1)/(2) * (3)/(4) = (3 * 1 )/(2 * 4) = (3)/(8)
Hence, we need 3/8 cups of milk
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