Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Set this up as a ratio of number of cakes to cups of sugar, C:S
Then the ratio given is 1:2.5 which says 1 cake takes 2.5 cups of sugar. We want to know how many cakes, x, will be made with 37.75 ups of flour:
[tex]\frac{1}{2.5}=\frac{x}{37.75}[/tex] and cross multiply to solve:
2.5x = 37.75 so
x = 15.1 cakes or just 15 cakes (cuz you can't make one-tenth of a cake!)
