Kendra is making bread but the recipe she is using makes 4 loaves she only wants to make one loaf the changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined if the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar find the amount of flour in cups in the original recipe
If the changed recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour and sugar combined, and the original recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, then the amount of flour in the original recipe can be found by subtracting the amount of sugar from the combined measurement.
Let x be the amount of flour in the original recipe.
2 cups (sugar) + x (flour) = 2 1/2 cups (combined flour and sugar)
x = 2 1/2 cups - 2 cups
x = 1/2 cup
Therefore, the amount of flour in the original recipe is 1/2 cup.