Question

Sheryl has a recipe for pasta with vegetables. The recipe calls for 130 grams of vegetables and twice as much pasta as vegetables. What is the total mass in grams of the recipe?

a) 260 grams

b) 390 grams

c) 520 grams

d) 650 grams

Answer 1

The total mass of the recipe is 390 grams.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the total mass of the recipe, we need to determine the mass of the pasta and vegetables separately and then add them together. The recipe calls for 130 grams of vegetables. Since the recipe requires twice as much pasta as vegetables, we can set up an equation to find the mass of the pasta. Let x be the mass of the pasta:

x = 2 * 130

x = 260 grams

Therefore, the total mass of the recipe is 130 grams (vegetables) + 260 grams (pasta) = 390 grams.