A macaroni and cheese recipe calls for 1/2 cup of flour for every 1 1/2 cups of milk. To make a bigger batch, the chef uses 2 cups of flour. Which of the following would be the amount of milk needed for the bigger batch?

Rationale

The chef would need 4 cups of milk for the bigger batch.

The recipe calls for a 1:2 ratio of flour to milk. This means that for every half cup of flour used, one cup of milk is needed. Therefore, if the chef uses 2 cups of flour, they would need 4 cups of milk to maintain the same ratio.

A (3 8/15 cups) CORRECT

This amount of milk would not maintain the 1:2 ratio with 2 cups of flour. 2 2/5 cups of milk would be appropriate if the chef was only using 1 1/5 cups of flour, not 2 cups.

B (2 11/15 cups) YOUR ANSWER

Four cups of milk is the correct amount to use with 2 cups of flour based on the 1:2 ratio. This amount would maintain the consistency of the original macaroni and cheese recipe.

C (7 1/15 cups) YOUR ANSWER

This amount of milk would not maintain the 1:2 ratio with 2 cups of flour. 3 8/15 cups of milk would be appropriate if the chef was using 1 26/30 cups of flour, not 2 cups.

D (6 cups) YOUR ANSWER

Six cups of milk would be too much for 2 cups of flour based on the 1:2 ratio. This amount of milk would make the macaroni and cheese too liquidy and not maintain the consistency of the original recipe.

Conclusion

The recipe maintains a 1:2 ratio of flour to milk. Accordingly, for 2 cups of flour, 4 cups of milk would be required to maintain the same consistency and taste as the original recipe. The other options would either not maintain the correct ratio, leading to a change in the consistency and taste of the recipe.

A macaroni and cheese recipe calls for 1/2 cup of flour for every 1 1/2 cups of milk. To make a bigger batch, the chef uses 2 cups of flour. Which of the following would be the amount of milk needed for the bigger batch?

The chef would need 4 cups of milk for the bigger batch.

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