Question

A restaraunt calls for 3 cups of flour for every 5 eggs how many cups of flour do you need for one egg?

Answer 1

0.6 cups

Explanation:

Create a proportion

`(3)/(5)=(x)/(1)`

Cross multiply

3*1=3

5*x=5x

Divide coefficient on both sides

5x÷5

3÷5

Solve for x

x=0.6

Answer 2

Answer: 0.6 or 3/5 cups of flour for 1 Egg

Explanation:

If you need 3 cups of flour for 5 eggs, one egg would mean that it would be 3/5 cups of flour. If you convert it into fractions, the answer would be 0.6 cups of flour for one egg.