Question

A recipe for pie dough calls for a ratio of butter to flour of 14 : 56. If you plan to use 5 cups of flour, how much butter should you use to keep the same ratio?

Answer 1

1 1/4 cup of butter

Explanation:

You set up a preportion of the ratio 14/56 and then another with x/5 then you cross multiply and that should lead you to that answer