Question

To make Kool-Aid, the ratio of cups of water to cups of powder is 8 to 2. If I use

12 cups of water, how many cups of powder do I need? *

Answer 1

Answer: 3 cups of powder

Step-by-step explanation

8 12. first you cross multiply so the equation would be 8x = 24

2 X. The you do division to get the answe for x X = 3

x represents the amount of powder that is needed so you just replace x for cups of powder! And done!

Answer 2

3 cups of powder

Explanation:

8/2 divided by 2=

4/1

4/1 x 3= 12/3

the 12 represents the water and the 3 represents the powder