Question

You need 2b cups of flour for making b loaves of bread. You have 8 cups of flour . Do you have enough for 5 loafs of bread?Explain I know 8 equals 2b but how does b equal 5

Answer 1

No. I don't have enough Flour to make 5 loaves of bread.

From the Amount of flour i had i can make 4 loaves only.

Explanation:

Given:

Flour required for making loaves of bread =
`2b` cups

Amount of flour i had = 8 cups

Number of loaves of bread =
`b`

We need to find the we have enough flour to make 5 loafs of bread.

Solution:

We know that;

Amount of flour I had is equal to Flour required for making loaves of bread

framing in equation form we get;

`2b=8`

Dividing both side by 2 we get;

`(2b)/(2) =(8)/(2)`

`b=4`

Hence From the Amount of flour i had i can make 4 loaves only.

Hence I don't have enough Flour to make 5 loaves of bread.