To make Kool-Aid, the ratio of cups of water to cups of powder is 8 to 2. If I use
12 cups of water, how many cups of powder do I need? *

3 cups of powder

Step-by-step explanation:

8/2 divided by 2=

4/1

4/1 x 3= 12/3

the 12 represents the water and the 3 represents the powder

3 cups of powder

Step-by-step explanation

8    12.  first you cross multiply so the equation would be 8x = 24

2     X.   The you do division to get the answe for x                 X = 3

x represents the amount of powder that is needed so you just replace x for cups of powder! And done!