Question

Trina uses 1/2cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of flour in a recipe. How many cups of sugar would she need if she uses 3 cups of flour?

Answer 1

Trina uses 1/2cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of flour in a recipe.
Let's find out how many cups of sugar would she need if she uses 3 cups of flour:
=>1/2 = 3/4
=>0.5 = 0.75 = x = 3
=> 3 * 0.5 = 1.5
=> 1.5 / 0.75 = 2
Thus, 2 cups of sugar = 3 cups of flour.

Answer 2

2 cups of sugar

Explanation:

Trina uses the number of cups of sugar in a recipe =
`(1)/(2)`

= 0.5 cups

she uses the number of cups of flour in a recipe =
`(3)/(4)`

= 0.75 cups

The proportion of sugar and flour she uses =
`(0.5)/(0.75)`

Let the sugar would be needed for 3 cups of flour = x

Therefore,
`(0.5)/(0.75)` ×
`(x)/(3)`

`x=(1.5)/(0.75)`

x = 2

She would be needed 2 cups of sugar.