Kendra is making bread, but the recipe she's using makes 4 loaves. She only wants to make one loaf. The changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined. If the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, find the amount of flour (in cups) in the original recipe. (1 point)

Answer 1

Let x be the amount of flour in cups in the original recipe.
The original recipe also calls for x + 2 cups of sugar and flour combined.
Since a cup is equal to 2 1/2 cups, the equation that represents the amount of flour and sugar combined for the original recipe is 2 1/2 = x + 2.
Subtracting 2 from both sides of the equation, we get 1/2 = x, so the original recipe calls for 1/2 cup of flour. Answer: \boxed{1/2}.