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Jacoby followed a recipe that requires 2 cups of water for

every 3 cups of flour. If he used 8 cups of flour, how many

cups of water did he use

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Flour        Water
3 cups     2 cups
3 cups     2 cups
2 cups     (2/3*2) cups


2/3*2 is 1.3333... or 1.3.
So, he used 2+2+1.3, or 5.3 cups of water.

Answer:

16/3 of water jacoby has used for 8 cups of flour.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us assume that jacoby  used x cup of water. And from given information

We know that for every 2 cup of water jacoby used 3 cup of flour which will gives the information

For every 1 cup of flour he will use 2/3 of water

Now, we need to calculate the number of cups of water that has been used for 8 cups of flour

If for 1 cup of flour its is 2/3 of water then

For 8 cup of flour he will use 8*2/3  of water which is 16/3 of water.

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