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Eric is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar. How much flour is needed for 5 cups of sugar?

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Answer:

5 cups is 20 times larger than 1/4 cup, so we need

(2.5 * 20) = 50 cups of flour

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