Answer: 8 1/2 cups of flour
Explanation:
You can look at this solution as x being the number of batches of biscuits.
1x = 1 batch of biscuits
1x = 3 2/5 cups of flour, or 17/5 cups of flour
We need to make 2 1/2 batches, restated as 5/2 batches.
This can be restated as 5/2x.
To determine our answer, we multiply x by 5/2.
5/2*(1x) = 5/2*(17/5)
5/2x = 85/10
Simplify.
85/10 = 8 5/10 or 8 1/2 cups
8 1/2 cups of flour are needed to make 2 1/2 batches of biscuits.