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When making bread from scratch, the recipe calls for 3/5 cup of water. If you need to make a smaller portion of the recipe, how much water would you need in order to make only 1/6 th of the recipe?

You would need ___ cups to make the smaller recipe.

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Answer:

3/30 water

Explanation:

3/5 water = 1 portion

x = 1/6 portion

x= (1/6 portion) (3/5 water) / 1 portion

x =3/30 water

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