Question

A recipe for cake needs 2 and 1/4 cups of cake mix. You are making ½ of the recipe. How many cups of flour do you need?

Answer 1

x=1 1/8

Explanation:

1 cake=2 1/4 cup of cake

1/2 cake=x

1 cake=9/4 cup of cake

1/2 cake= x

Cross multiply

x=9/4×1/2

x=9/8

X=1 1/8