elena ’ s bread recipe calls for 5 ounces of butter for each 7 cups of flour used . she needs to make 4 times the original recipe . if 12 ounces of butter is used , then how many cups of flour are needed ?
solving through algebra route : 5 b + 7 f = x amount if we multiply this equation with 4 we get : 20 b + 28 f = 4 x therefore , we got 20 ounces of butter and 4 x amount of quantity when we use 28 ounces of floor . ans : e
multiply(7, 4)