Question

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour for every 4 teaspoons of vanilla. How much vanilla should be used for every 1 cups of flour?

A. 1/6
B. 2 2/3
C. 4 2/3
D. 6

Please help and explain everything! Thanks!

Answer 1

Answer: For 1 cup of flour, there should be 6 teaspoons of vanilla.

Step-by-step explanation:

What I did is that I found what 1 ÷ 2/3 equals. To find that, I used the reciprocal so the new equation would be 1 × 3/2 which equals 3/2. So since 2/3 × 3/2 equals 1, we have to do the same to 4 teaspoons. 4 × 3/2 equals 6. Therefore, there should be 6 teaspoons of vanilla for every one cup of flour.

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