Question

a cook uses 1/3 cup of butter with 1 4/5 cup of flour in a recipe. If the cook uses 3 cups of butter, how many cups of flour does he use? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

7.2 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

butter: flour= 1/3: 4/5

Then, butter/flour= 5/12

Let amount of flour be=x

Therefore,

3/x=5/12

x= 36/5=7.2 cups