A brownie cake recipe requires 2 1/2 cup of sugar. The amount of flour needed is 1/2 cup more than twice the amount of sugar. How much flour is required?
To find the amount of flour required, we need to calculate twice the amount of sugar and then add 1/2 cup to it.
Step 1: Calculate twice the amount of sugar:
2 x 2 1/2 cup = 5 cups
Step 2: Add 1/2 cup to the calculated amount:
5 cups + 1/2 cup = 5 1/2 cups
Therefore, 5 1/2 cups of flour are required for the brownie cake recipe.
To find the amount of flour required, we first need to determine the value of the amount of sugar needed. The recipe states that we need 2 1/2 cups of sugar. We can write this as a mixed number: 2 + 1/2 = 2 1/2.
Now, we need to find twice the amount of sugar, which is 2 x 2 1/2. To multiply a whole number by a mixed number, we can convert the whole number to a fraction. The whole number 2 can be written as 2/1.
So, 2 x 2 1/2 = 2/1 x 5/2. We multiply the numerators and denominators separately: (2 x 5)/(1 x 2) = 10/2 = 5.
Therefore, twice the amount of sugar is 5 cups. To find the amount of flour needed, we add 1/2 cup to twice the amount of sugar.
5 cups + 1/2 cup = 5 1/2 cups.
Therefore, the brownie cake recipe requires 5 1/2 cups of flour.
The amount of flour needed is 1/2 cup more than twice the amount of sugar:
2 * (2 1/2) + 1/2
= 5 + 1/2
= 5 1/2 cups