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DS - Ratio between flour and sugar

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syc29
 Post subject: DS - Ratio between flour and sugar
 Post Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:59 pm 
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Can someone please explain Statement 2 is not sufficient?

What is the ratio of the number of cups of flour to the number of cups of sugar required in a recipe?
1) # of cups of flour is 250% greater than # of cups of sugar
2) 1.5 more cups of flour than sugar are required

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tim
 Post subject: Re: DS - Ratio between flour and sugar
 Post Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:55 am 
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test numbers:

if flour is 2, sugar is .5 and ratio is 4:1..

if flour is 3, sugar is 1.5 and ratio is 2:1..

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