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A restaraunt calls for 3 cups of flour for every 5 eggs how many cups of flour do you need for one egg?

User Vidya L
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Answer:

0.6 cups

Explanation:

Create a proportion


(3)/(5)=(x)/(1)

Cross multiply

3*1=3

5*x=5x

Divide coefficient on both sides

5x÷5

3÷5

Solve for x

x=0.6

User Chrset
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Answer: 0.6 or 3/5 cups of flour for 1 Egg

Explanation:

If you need 3 cups of flour for 5 eggs, one egg would mean that it would be 3/5 cups of flour. If you convert it into fractions, the answer would be 0.6 cups of flour for one egg.

User Vivri
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