SOLUTION: you need 2b cups of flour for making b loaves of bread. you have 8 cups of flour. do you have enough for 5 loaves of bread? Explain. i have already seen the answer given on this si

Question 786785: you need 2b cups of flour for making b loaves of bread. you have 8 cups of flour. do you have enough for 5 loaves of bread? Explain. i have already seen the answer given on this site but do not understand how the answer was figured out can you please break this down for me? thank you!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2b cups of flour makes b loaves of bread

you have 8 cups of flour, so 2b = 8 which means b = 4

So "2b cups of flour makes b loaves of bread" turns into "8 cups of flour makes 4 loaves of bread"

Therefore you do NOT have enough cups of flour to make 5 loaves of bread.
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