eric is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 pound of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar how many pounds of flour should eric use for 1 cup of sugar

Question

1/10
1 tenth

5/8
5 eighths

4

10

Answer 1

To find out how many pounds of flour Eric should use for 1 cup of sugar, we need to set up a proportion.

2 1/2 pounds of flour = 1/4 cup of sugar

So, for 1 cup of sugar:

x pounds of flour = 1 cup of sugar

(2 1/2) / (1/4) = x / 1

(5/2) / (1/4) = x

(5/2) * (4/1) = x

10 = x

Therefore, Eric should use 10 pounds of flour for 1 cup of sugar.