Question

The ratio of butter:flour:sugar in a recipe is 1:9:6. When using 8 cups of sugar in this recipe, how many total cups of ingredients will be used? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Answer 1

Answer:

58/3 cups

Step-by-step explanation:

1:9:6 :: butter:flour:sugar

1:9:6 :: butter:flour:8

1:6 :: butter"sugar

1/6= butter/8

butter = 8/6 = 4/3

9:6 :: flour :sugar

9/6 = flour/8

flour = 9/6 *8

flour = 72/6 = 12

--> 6 + 12 + 4/3

=> (18 + 36 + 4) / 3

=> 58/3 cups