Question

Amanda is making pastry dough. She mixes of a cup of flour and of a cup of sugar. If she wants to mix flour and sugar in the same ratio to make 16 cups of pastry dough, how many cups of flour and sugar will she need?

A.
12 cups of flour and 4 cups of sugar
B.
11 cups of flour and 5 cups of sugar
C.
9 cups of flour and 7 cups of sugar
D.
10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

Answer 1

Its D. 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar

Explanation:

First, find out what fraction of the pastry dough is flour and what fraction of the pastry dough is sugar. Then, multiply the fractions obtained by 16.

Therefore, Amanda will need 10 cups of flour and 6 cups of sugar.

Hope this helped you and everyone! :)