Question

A recipe for chocolate cake calls for 1 1/2 cups cups of sugar for every 2 1/4 cups of flour. If a baker has only 1/2 cup of sugar on hand, how much flour should he add to it to make chocolate cake batter?

Answer 1

he should add 3/4 flower

Explanation:

set up the proportion
`(1.5)/(.5) =(2.25)/(x)`

then solve for x