Question

There is 2/5 cup of cream in a nelly cream pie.How much cream would you need if you were making 3/4 of a pie

Answer 1

(2/5) / 1 = x / (3/4).....2/5 cups to 1 pie = x cups to 3/4 pie
cross multiply
(1)(x) = (2/5)(3/4)
x = 6/20 which reduces to 3/10 cups <==