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A baker wants to reduce the amount of sugar in his cake recipes. He decides to reduce the amount used in 1 cake by cup. He then uses cups of sugar to bake 6 cakes.

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Problem ID: PRABET89
How much sugar was originally in each cake recipe?



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There were 5/4 =1.25 cups of sugar originally in each cake recipeStep-by-step

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