document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1010388>Question 1010388</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes 1.5 cups of flour to make a recipe that serves 4. How many cups would it take to serve 10?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 1.5 = 4 people, then 3 cups equals 8 people, would 3/4 of a cup equal 2 people? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Meaning the answer would be 3 and 3/4 cups equals 10 people? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #625805 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=625805\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your ratio is 1.5:4. You can write it as a fraction: 1.5/4. And in a fraction, the BOTTOM NUMBER tells you the size of the whole \"thing\". Let's pretend for a moment that we are talking about a pizza. The pizza has been sliced into 8 pieces. I take one piece. How much of the pizza did I take? I took 1/8.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Back to your problem. You want to know for 10 people:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10/4= 2.5. So 10 is 2.5 times more people than 4. And for every 4 you need 1.5 cups of flower and since you have 2.5 times more people you will need 2.5 times more flower:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5*1.5= 3.75 You need 3.75 cups of flower.<BR>\n" );
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