Kendra is making bread but the recipe she's using makes 4 loaves
The answer is 8 cups.
2 * 2 1/2 = 5/8 * x
5 = 5/8 * x
x = 5 / 5/8
x = 8
To make only 2 loaves of bread instead of 4, Kendra needs to cut all the ingredients in half. This includes the flour, yeast, water, salt, and any other ingredients mentioned in the recipe. She should also adjust the size of the baking pans accordingly to accommodate the smaller batch.
Apologies for the confusion. If the recipe originally calls for 8 cups of flour to make 4 loaves of bread, to make 2 loaves, Kendra would need to use half the amount of flour.
Therefore, she would need 8 cups divided by 2, which equals 4 cups of flour to make 2 loaves of bread.