Jaquol is making a recipe that uses 2 cups of sugar for every 3 cups of flour. If he uses a total of 40 cups of these ingredients, how many cups of sugar were required?

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asked Jun 17, 2022 14.3k views

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Debarati · Answer 1 · 2022-06-21T17:38:21+0000

Answer:

16

Explanation:

So our ratio here is 2:3. Here's what we're gonna do:

2 + 3 = 5 for every time he makes the recipe

40 / 5 = 8

To double check:

2 x 8 = 16

3 x 8 = 24

16 + 24 = 40