SOLUTION: A pancake recipe asks for two and two thirds times as much milk as flour. If three and one third cups of milk is used, what quantity of flour would then be needed, according to the

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Question 629334: A pancake recipe asks for two and two thirds times as much milk as flour. If three and one third cups of milk is used, what quantity of flour would then be needed, according to the recipe?
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Answer by lwsshak3(11628) About Me  (Show Source):
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A pancake recipe asks for two and two thirds times as much milk as flour. If three and one third cups of milk is used, what quantity of flour would then be needed, according to the recipe?
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let x= amt of flour needed
2+2/3=8/3
8x/3=amt of milk needed=3+1/3=10/3 (given)
8x=10
x=10/8=1+1/4
amt of flour needed=1+1/4 cups

Answer by 55305(86) About Me  (Show Source):
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If there is only one cup of milk being used then there would be 1/ (2 2/3) cups of flour.
1/ (2 2/3)= 1/ (8/3)= 1* 3/8= 3/8.
But since there is only 1/3 cup of milk, we need to divide by three. so 3/8 / 3= 3/8* 1/3= 3/24= 1/8
Therefore 1/8 cups of flour are needed.