SOLUTION: A recipe uses 4 cups of flour to 1 1/10 cups of milk if you have 2 cups of flour, how much milk should you use?

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Question 972216: A recipe uses 4 cups of flour to 1 1/10 cups of milk if you have 2 cups of flour, how much milk should you use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two cups of flour is half of four cups of flour. Do the same to the milk. PROPORTION!

%281%2B1%2F10%29%2F2


%2810%2F10%2B1%2F10%29%2F2

%2811%2F10%29%2F2

11%2F%2810%2A2%29

11%2F20, which is a little more than half a cup. One would use HALF a cup, in actual practice, because the 1%2F20 of a cup part is too much accuracy to read the cup's measurement markings.