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A recipe has a ratio of 6 cups of flour to 2 cups ofwater. There is cups of water for each cup offlour.

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Given:

A recipe has a ratio of 6 cups of flour to 2 cups of water.

We need to find the number of cups of water for each cups of flour

So, let the number of cups of water = x

We have the following ratio:


\begin{gathered} \frac{x\text{ cups of water}}{1\text{ cup of flour}}=\frac{2\text{ cups of water}}{6\text{ cups of flour}} \\ \end{gathered}

Solve for x:


x=(2)/(6)=(1)/(3)

so, the answer will be:

There are 1/3 cups of water for each cup of flour.

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