The directions for mixing water and powdered milk say that one should use 3 cups of water for each cup of powdered milk. how many cups of powdered milk are needed if 5 cups of water are used

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Regina Gates

Mathematics

27 December, 15:03

The directions for mixing water and powdered milk say that one should use 3 cups of water for each cup of powdered milk. how many cups of powdered milk are needed if 5 cups of water are used

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Elian Allen · Answer 1

Set up conversion problems so that you can cancel out units that you don't want and introduce units that you do want for your final solution.

5w (m/3w) = 15m

So you will need 15 cups of milk if 5 cups of water are used.