A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk. You are making 1/2 of the recipe . How much milk do you need?
The quantity of milk that is needed is:
\(\dfrac{3}{8}\ \text{cups of milk}\)
It is given that:
A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk.
You are making 1/2 of the recipe.
This means that the amount of milk that is required for the making cake is:
\(\dfrac{1}{2}\times \text{Actual quantity of milk required for a recipe}\\\\\\=\dfrac{1}{2}\times \dfrac{3}{4}\\\\\\=\dfrac{1\times 3}{2\times 4}\\\\\\=\dfrac{3}{8}\ \text{cups of milk}\)
Hence, the cup of milk that is required is: \(\dfrac{3}{8}\)