SOLUTION: the recipe calls for 2/3 cup flour but i only have 1/2 cup flour what fraction of the recipe can i fix... please help me solve this

SOLUTION: the recipe calls for 2/3 cup flour but i only have 1/2 cup flour what fraction of the recipe can i fix... please help me solve this

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Question 269502: the recipe calls for 2/3 cup flour but i only have 1/2 cup flour what fraction of the recipe can i fix... please help me solve this

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the problem had said that the recipe called for 4 cups of flour and you only had 3 then you could do 3/4 of the recipe.
2/3=4/6
and 1/2=3/6
(3/6)/(4/6)=3/4 of the recipe
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