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A recipe requires \frac{1}{4}1414 cup of water for each \frac{1}{3}1313 cup of milk. How many cups of water are needed for each cup of milk?

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1/4 cup of water----------------------->1/3 cup of milk

x cups of water------------------------> 1 cup of milk

using cross-multiplication:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{\frac{1}{4}}{x}=\frac{\frac{1}{3}}{1} \\ solve_{\text{ }}for_{\text{ }}x\colon \\ x=\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{\frac{1}{3}} \\ x=\frac{3}{4} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer:

3/4

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