Question

A recipe calls for 1 cup of milk for every 2 1/2 cups of flour to make a cake that would feed 6 persons. How many cups of both flour and milk will be needed to make a similar cake for 8 people?

Answer 1

Quantity of both milk and flour to make a cake for 6 persons = (1 +2 1/2) cups

= (1 + 5/2) cups = (2 + 5)/2 cups = 7/2 cups

Let the quantity of both milk and flour to make a cake for 8 persons be x cups.

According to the given question,

Thus, 14/3 = 4 2/3 cups of both flour and milk will be needed to make a cake for 8 people.