A recipe calls for 2 cups of milk for every 6 1/4 cups of flour. If you increase the flour to 43 3/4 cups, how many cups of milk will you use?

Question

Need help setting up an equation to break down and solve the problem.

Answer 1

Find how many times 6 1/4 goes into 43 3/4

6 1/4 is equivalent to 25/4.

Similarly, 43 3/4 = 175/4

Divide 175/4 by 25/4 = 175/4 * 4/25 = 175/25 = 7.

If the amount of flour increases 7-fold, then so will the amount of milk to 2*7 = 14 cups