Question

Pasha works as a food scientist. He designed a recipe for crackers that are 40% wheat flour by weight. He made a test batch of the crackers from 1 1/2 total pounds of ingredients. What weight of wheat flour did Pasha use in the test batch?

Answer 1

To answer this question, you need to find 40% of 1 1/2. To find a percentage of a value, you can divide the percentage by 100 and multiply that by the total.

In this situation, 40 / 100 = 0.4
So 1 1/2 x 0.4 = 0.6

Pasha will use 0.6 pounds of wheat flour in the test batch.

Answer 2

The answer is 0.6 pounds of wheat flour.

Explanation:

In order to determine the answer, we have to know about percentege. When we apply a percentage, it means that part of the total value of the something corresponds to a certain characteristic. Its notation is a number with a "%" symbol,

x=any number in the interval of 0 to 100

x%=
`(x)/(100)`

In this case, first we have to change the mixed fraction expression to a decimal number, and then we have to multiply the number by 40%.

`1(1)/(2) \\\\(2+1)/(2)\\\\(3)/(2)=1.5`

Applying the percentage:

`1.5*(40)/(100)\\0.6`

Finally, Pasha used 0.6 pounds of wheat flour.