Answer:Eric would use 10 cups of flour for 1 cup of sugar
Step-by-step explanation:
The recipe calls for 2 1/2 pounds of flour for every 1/4 cup of sugar. Converting 2 1/2 pounds to decimal, it becomes 2.5 pounds of flour. Converting 1/4 pounds to decimal, it becomes 0.25
We want to determine the number of pounds of flour that Eric should use for 1 cup of sugar,
Let x represent the number of pounds of flour that Eric should use for 1 cup of sugar,
If 2.5 pounds of flour = 0.25 pounds of sugar,
x pounds of flour = 1 pounds of sugar,
x = 2.5/0.25 = 10
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