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How many cups of flour is needed if the original cookie recipe calls for 8 cups flour but you want to make #1/3# the recipe?

Answer 1

Before I answer this, allow me to give you an example. I am a chef, and on the day of the party, 8 guests (or 1/3 of the total) showed up. Since this represents only 1/3 of the guests on my guest list, I will only be using 1/3 of the food that was prepared.

In this case 8 cups of flour is needed , but since you have decided to make 1/ 3 of the recipe, you will need 1/3 of the ingredients which is 1/3 of 8 cups flour = 8/3 cups flour = 2 #2/3# cups of flour.

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Answer 2

Eva Abramson

You would need 2 and 2/3 cups of flour to make 1/3 of the original cookie recipe that calls for 8 cups of flour.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.