SOLUTION: Your father is planning to cook for 20 people using a recipe that specifies one and a fourth cups of sugar for each six people. For the larger group, your father will require

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Question 1171211: Your father is planning to cook for 20 people using a recipe that specifies one and a fourth cups of sugar for each six people.

For the larger group, your father will require _______
cups of sugar.
Answer by ikleyn(52879) About Me  (Show Source):
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One and a fourth is  1 1%2F4,  or  1.25.


Next you write the proportion


    20_people%2F6_people = x%2F1.25.


From the proportion, you find


    x = %2820%2A1.25%29%2F6 = 25%2F6 = 4 1%2F6 cups of sugar.   ANSWER

Solved.

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