Becca has a biscuit recipe that uses 2/3 of a tablespoon of salt for every 3/4 of a cup of flour. In order to have enough biscuits for her family that is visiting, Becca is making a batch of biscuits using 3 cups of flour and how many tablespoons of salt will she need

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anonymous · Answer

how many tablespoons of salt will that equal

hero · Answer

Okay so basically what we're given is

$\dfrac{2}{3}$ teaspoons of salt for every $\dfrac{3}{4}$ cup of flour

What you do is multiply both fractions by 4 to get:

$\dfrac{8}{3}$ teaspoons of salt for every $3$ cups of flour

hero · Answer

Is this information clear to you?

hero · Answer

Also remember $\dfrac{8}{3} = 2 + \dfrac{2}{3}$