jonshelle is developing a new bread recipe. The relationship between cups of water, w, and cups of flour, f, is w=3/5f what is the scale factor of water to flour?

Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given the expression of water to flour:

w=3/5f

We can get the value of f in order to understand the scale factor of water to flour.

Solve in terms of f:

3/5f = w

multiply both sides by 5 in order to cancel 3/5

3f = 5w

divide both sides by 3 in order to get the value of f.

f = 5w/3

This means that the scale of 1 cups of flour is 5/3 cups of water.

The scale of 1 cup of water is 3/5 cups of flour.