Question

You are baking a cake. The recipe asks for \frac{3}{5} 5 3 ​ cup of butter and you want to make \frac{1}{5} 5 1 ​ of the original recipe. How many cups of butter will you need?

Answer 1

3/25 cup of butter

Explanation:

You are baking a cake. The recipe asks for 3/5 cup of butter and you want to make 1/5 of the original recipe.

The calculation for the above question is given below:

1 recipe = 3/5 cup of butter

1/5 recipe = x

Cross Multiply

x × 1 recipe = 1/5 recipe × 3/5 cup of butter

x = 1/5 recipe × 3/5 cup of butter /1 recipe

x = 3/25 cup of butter

Therefore, you will need 3/25 cup of butter