A recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups of milk and makes 10 servings. How many cups of milk are needed for 8 servings? (Hint: Set up a proportion, don’t forget to label!)

2.8 or 2 4/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Here's our proportion of cups of milk to servings

3 1/2:10      For my sake I'm using decimals

3.5:10

Now let's try to get our servings to 1 (a unit rate)

0.35:1         I divided by 10 on each side

We need 8 servings not 1 so let's multiply 8 on each side

2.8:8

In case you want it in fraction form we can do 2 8/10 and simplify it to 4/5 by dividing by 2. Our answer is 2.8 or 2 4/5 cups of milk for 8 servings.

y=mx+b

step-by-step explanation:

m slope, b y-intercept

let's solve your equation step-by-step.

4x+2=2x+12

step 1: subtract 2x from both sides.

4x+2−2x=2x+12−2x

2x+2=12

step 2: subtract 2 from both sides.

2x+2−2=12−2

2x=10

step 3: divide both sides by 2.

2x

2

=

10

2

x=5

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