Question

Dale is following this recipe to make shortbread fingers. Dale uses 75 g of sugar. How many shortbread fingers does he make? Recipe: Makes 22 fingers 125 g butter 55 g sugar 180 g flour

Answer 1

For 75 g butter ≈ 27 fingers

Explanation:

Using unitary method

For 20 fingers = 55 g butter

For 1 g butter = 20/55 fingers

=> For 1 g butter = 4/11 fingers (Simplified form)

Multiplying both sides by 75

=> for 75 g butter = \frac{4}{11} * 75 {fingers}

11

4

∗75fingers

=> For 75 g butter ≈ 27 fingers ( approximately )