Question

A pie recipe calls for 2/3 Cup of sugar to make a pie. How many cups will be needed to make five pies? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

To find the number of cups of sugar which will make five pies, we proceed as follows:

`\begin{gathered} \sin ce\colon \\ (2)/(3)\text{cups}\Rightarrow\text{ 1 pie} \\ m\text{ ultiply both sides of the equivalence by 5, since we want to make 5 pies} \\ 5*(2)/(3)cups=\text{>5}*1p\text{ie} \\ (10)/(3)\text{cups}\Rightarrow5p\text{ies} \\ 3.33\text{cups}=>5p\text{ies} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, to the nearest hundredth, we will be needing 3.33 cups of sugar in order to make 5 pies.