a recipe that will make 3 pie call for 7 cups of flour. write a proportion and solve it to find how many pies can be made with 28 cups of flour
12
all you guys are wrong its 12
12.
3/7 = x/28
Cross multiply and solve.
7 cups 28 cups 3 x28 = 84
______ = _______
3 pies x
7 cups 28 cups
= =
3 pies 84 pies