eric is baking a cake. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 pound of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar how many pounds of flour should eric use for 1 cup of sugar
1/10
1 tenth
5/8
5 eighths
4
10
To find out how many pounds of flour Eric should use for 1 cup of sugar, we need to set up a proportion.
2 1/2 pounds of flour = 1/4 cup of sugar
So, for 1 cup of sugar:
x pounds of flour = 1 cup of sugar
(2 1/2) / (1/4) = x / 1
(5/2) / (1/4) = x
(5/2) * (4/1) = x
10 = x
Therefore, Eric should use 10 pounds of flour for 1 cup of sugar.