Question

A recipe for molding dough calls for flour and salt in a ratio of 2 to 3. If you use 6 cups of salt, how much flour should you use?

Answer 1

4 cups

Answer 2

2/3=x/6
12=3x
x=4

Answer 3

4 cups

Answer 4

\[\frac{\text{flour}}{\text{salt}}=\frac{2}{3} \]Replace salt with it's value 6, and solve for flour