Question

It takes 11/2 cups of flour to make banana bread for 14 servings. He Mary needs to make enough banana bread to serve 36 people. How many cups of flower will she need?

Answer 1

Mary will need approximately 14.14 cups of flour to serve 36 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many cups of flour Mary will need, we can set up a proportion using the information given in the problem.

First, let's find the number of cups of flour needed for one serving. We know that it takes 11/2 cups of flour to make 14 servings, so we can set up the proportion:

11/2 cups / 14 servings = x cups / 36 servings

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then solve for x:

14 * x = 11/2 * 36

Now, let's solve for x:

14 * x = 396/2

14 * x = 198

x = 198/14

x = 14.14

So, Mary will need approximately 14.14 cups of flour to serve 36 people.