Question

Lacey baked 20 cookies with 2 scoops of flour. With 5 scoops of flour, how many cookies can Lacey bake? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

Answer 1

The number of cookies baked is 50

Explanation:

Given as:

Lacey baked 20 cookies with 2 scoops of flour

∵ For 2 scoops of flour , The number of cookies baked is 20

so,For 1 scoops of flour , The number of cookies baked is
`(20)/(2)`

∴ For 5 scoops of flour , The number of cookies baked is
`(20)/(2)` × 5

I.e Number of baked cookies = 10 × 5 = 50

Hence The number of cookies baked is 50 Answer