Concept explainers
Find the number of cups of slat she should use.
Answer to Problem 38CCR
For 9 cups of flour she needs to use 6.25 cups of salt.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Tara is making salt dough for a craft project. She uses 3 cups of salt to 4 cups of flour to make the dough. If she uses 9 cups of flour, how many cups of salt should she use?
Concept Used:
She uses 3 cups of salt to 4 cups of flour to make the dough. Ratio of Slat to flour is 3 : 4.
Let the number of cups of slat she will use for 9 cups of flour.
Now set a proportion:
Calculation:
Proportion:
For 9 cups of flour she needs to use 6.25 cups of salt.
Thus, For 9 cups of flour she needs to use 6.25 cups of salt.
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