Divide 18 cups of flour into two groups so that the ratio is 4 to 5.

If the ratio is 4:5, then we have 4 + 5 = 9 "parts" of the ratio. What we want to do is to divide 18 by 9 to find out how many cups are in such a "part":
18 / 9 = 2
So if we know that there are 2 cups in each "part", If we want to make the ratio 4:5, all we need to do is to multiply 4 by 2 and 5 by 2:
4 * 2 = 8 5 * 2 = 10
So from 18 cups we can make two groups of 8 and 10 cups to keep the ratio of 4:5.

Answered by SlowZasob | 2024-06-10

To divide 18 cups of flour in a 4 to 5 ratio, you first determine there are 9 total parts. Each part is 2 cups, leading to two groups of 8 cups and 10 cups. This maintains the required ratio of 4 to 5.
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Answered by SlowZasob | 2024-12-26