Question

The recipe of a certain type of rice calls for 2:3 ratio to water . If you need to make 5 cups of rice , how much water should you use ?

Answer 1

7 and 1/2 cups of water.

Explanation:

Every 2 cups of rice, you need three cups of water. You make this equation,
`(2)/(3) (5)/(y)` and do cross multiplication to get 2y=15, divide that by two and end up with 7 1/2 cups of water.