A recipe for biscuit mix calls for 8 cups of flour, 1 and 1/3 cups of nonfat dry milk, and 5 tablespoons of baking powder. If you had only 6 cups of flower, what would be the comparable amounts of nonfat dry milk and baking soda?
6/8 = 3/4
3/4 * 4/3 = 12/12 = 1 cup of dried milk
3/4 * 5 = 15/4 = 3 3/4 tablespoons baking soda? powder?
To find the comparable amounts of nonfat dry milk and baking soda when you have only 6 cups of flour, we can use proportions.
First, let's set up the proportion using the given recipe:
8 cups of flour correspond to 1 and 1/3 cups of nonfat dry milk.
6 cups of flour will correspond to "x" cups of nonfat dry milk.
The proportion will be: 8 cups / 1 and 1/3 cups = 6 cups / "x" cups
To solve for "x," we can cross-multiply and then divide:
8 * "x" = 6 * 1 and 1/3
8 * "x" = 6 * 4/3
8 * "x" = 8
"x" = 8 / 8
"x" = 1
Therefore, when you have 6 cups of flour, the comparable amount of nonfat dry milk would be 1 cup.
Now, let's find the comparable amount of baking soda when you have only 6 cups of flour.
The original recipe calls for 8 cups of flour and 5 tablespoons of baking powder.
Using the given proportion, we can set up the following equation:
8 cups of flour correspond to 5 tablespoons of baking powder.
6 cups of flour will correspond to "y" tablespoons of baking powder.
The proportion will be: 8 cups / 5 tablespoons = 6 cups / "y" tablespoons
To solve for "y," we can cross-multiply and then divide:
8 * "y" = 6 * 5
8 * "y" = 30
"y" = 30 / 8
"y" = 3.75
Therefore, when you have 6 cups of flour, the comparable amount of baking powder would be approximately 3.75 tablespoons.