When making bread from scratch, the recipe calls for 4 /5 cup of water. If you need to make a smaller portion of the recipe, how much water would you need in order to make only 1 /16 th of the recipe?

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[tex] \frac{1}{16} \times \frac{4}{5} = \frac{4}{80} = \frac{1}{20} [/tex]
You need 1/20 cup of water.

We need 1/120 cup of water to make the smaller portion of the recipe.

What is percentage?

Percentage is defined as ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.

When making bread from scratch, the recipe calls for 4 /5 cup of water

We are trying to make 1/12 of the recipe, which calls for 4/5 cup of water.

This means that 1/12 of 4/5 is.

we must multiply 1/12 by 4/5.

We know that the word "of" in math refers to multiplication,

So thus we need to find 1/16 × 4/5 by multiplying the two numerators and two denominators together.

⇒1/16 × 4/5

⇒ 4/80

1/20

Therefore, we need 1/20 cup of water to make the smaller portion of the recipe.

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