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Answer:

If using one pound of pumpkin the baker needs to use 4 pounds of flour mixture

Step-by-step explanation:

step 1: I am going to convert the measurements

into decimals

8/5=1.6

2/5=.4

step 2: I will use cross multiplication to find out how much pumpkin for one pound of flour

1.6=.4

 1=?

1*.4=.4/1.6=.25

step 3:  I will convert .25 into a fraction

.25=1/4

for every 1/4 pound pumpkin, I will use 1 pound of flour

which is why

If using one pound of pumpkin the baker needs to use 4 pounds of flour mixture

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