To understand how 1 cup of milk relates to 3 cups of milk, we can perform a simple calculation:
- We know that Mixture X uses 3 cups of milk.
- We want to find out how many times 1 cup of milk fits into 3 cups of milk.
To do this, we divide the total amount of milk (3 cups) by 1 cup:
\[ \frac{3 \text{ cups}}{1 \text{ cup}} = 3 \]
So, 1 cup of milk is 1/3 (or one-third) as much as 3 cups of milk.
In simpler terms, each cup of milk (1 cup) is 1/3 of the total (3 cups).