Question

The cake recepi calls for 3 cups of sugar to every 2 cups of flour. if i use 9 cups of sugar how many cups of flour will i need?

Answer 1

Answer: 6cups of flour

Explanation:

3cups of sugar to 2cups of flour

9cups of sugar to xcups of flour

Let sugar rep s

Flour rep f

So we have;

3s=2f

9s= xf

Cross multiply

3s×xf=2f×9s

Xf=2f×9s/3s

Xf=6f

Therefore, 9cups of sugar will be to 6cups of flour