Question

A recipe of pasta makes enough for eight servings. How many servings can be made using 4/8 of each ingredient in the recipe?

Answer 1

`\begin{array}{ccllll} recipe&servings \\ \textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash&\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\\ 1&8\\ (4)/(8)&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{1}{(4)/(8)}=\cfrac{8}{x}\impliedby \textit{solve for`