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Pls help (>_<) im soo stupid :-[

Pls help (>_<) im soo stupid :-[-example-1
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Assume that sugar 2 X, flour 3 X
Solving: 2 X= 6
X= 3
So 3 X= 3 · 3=9
Answer: There're 9 cups of flours.
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You set up a ratio:

(2\ sugar)/(3\ flour)=(6\ cups)/(x\ cups)
Cross-multiply:

(2\ sugar)/(3\ flour)=(6\ cups)/(x)\\ 2*x=3*6\ cups\\ x=(18\ cups)/(2)\\ x=9\ cups
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