Question

Kendra is making bread but the recipe she is using makes four loaves. She only wants to make one loaf. The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined. If the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, find the amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe.

Answer 1

The amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe is 2.5 cups.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe, we need to set up a proportion. The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined, and the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar. Let x be the amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe. We can set up the proportion as follows:

2 cups/2 1/2 cups = x cups/2 cups

Cross multiplying, we get 2(x) = (2 1/2)(2), which simplifies to 2x = 5. Solving for x, we find that x = 5/2 = 2.5 cups.