SOLUTION: if a certain recipe takes 1 and 2/3 cups of flour and 2 cups of milk, how much milk should be added if the cook only has one cup of flour?

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Question 1161591: if a certain recipe takes 1 and 2/3 cups of flour and 2 cups of milk, how much milk should be added if the cook only has one cup of flour?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Recipe uses ratio of milk to flour as 2%2F%281%262%2F3%29=2%2F%285%2F3%29=6%2F5, or the ratio in whole numbers is 6:5, milk to four.

The cook only has 1 cup flour. How much milk?
6%2F5=x%2F1
highlight%28x=1%261%2F5%29, cups of milk.