Question

A recipe for cinnamon rolls calls for 4 cups of flour for every 1/3 cup of water. Using the same recipe, how much water will you need for 7 cups of flour?

Answer 1

7/12 cups water

Explanation:

you can set up a proportion of cups flour to cups water as follows:

`(4)/(1/3)` =
`(7)/(w)`

'w' stands for the amount of water we'll need when using 7 cups of flour

Proportions can be solved by cross-multiplying, so we have:

4w =
`(7)/(3)`

We can eliminate the denominator by multiplying each side by 3 to get:

12w = 7

w = 7/12