Question

A coordenadas recipe calles for 2 ½ cups of sugar for every ⅖ cup of flour. if you made a batch of cookies using 1 cup of flour,how many cups of sugar would you need?

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} The\text{ recipe n}eeds \\ 2(1)/(2)\text{ Cup of sugar = }(2)/(5)\text{ of cup of floor} \\ x\text{ cup of Sugar = 1 cup of Floor} \\ By\text{ Cross multiplying} \\ (2)/(5)\text{ x }x\text{ = }2(1)/(2)\text{ x 1} \\ \frac{2x\text{ }}{5}\text{ = }(5)/(2) \\ x\text{ =}(25)/(4)\text{ = }6(1)/(4)\text{ Cups of floor} \end{gathered}`