Question

A recipe calls for 17/2 cups of flour to make 5 cakes. How many cups of flour would it take to make 1 cake written as an improper fraction

Answer 1

17/10

Explanation:

It is given that,

A recipe calls for 17/2 cups of flour to make 5 cakes.

We need to find the no of cups of flor require to make 1 cake.

5 cakes = 17/2 cups of floor

1 cup =

`((17)/(2))/(5)\\\\=(17)/(2)* (1)/(5)\\\\=(17)/(10)`

Hence, to male 1 cake 17/10 cups of floor is required.