Question

Lexi is making corn bread.

The recipe requires 2/3 cup of flour and 3 ¾ teaspoons of salt.
lexi wants to make the recipe using 1 cup of flour.
To maintain the ratio, how much salt is required when 1 cup of flour is used?

Answer 1

If the original recipe requires 2/3 cup of flour and 3 ¾ teaspoons of salt, we can determine the amount of salt needed for one cup of flour using a proportion.

2/3 cup flour : 3 ¾ teaspoons salt

1 cup flour : x teaspoons salt

We can cross-multiply to get:

(2/3) * x = (3 ¾) * 1

2x/3 = 15/4

Multiplying both sides by 3/2:

x = (9/2) teaspoons of salt

Therefore, Lexi needs 9/2 or 4.5 teaspoons of salt when making corn bread with 1 cup of flour to maintain the ratio.