Question

Yesterday a chef used 42 eggs to make 9 chocolate souffles and 3 lemon meringue pies. The day before, he made 1 chocolate souffle, which used 4 eggs. How many eggs does each dessert require?

A chocolate souffle requires
eggs and a lemon meringue pie requires
eggs.

Answer 1

a chocolate souffle requires 4 eggs and a lemon meringue pie requires 2 eggs.

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we can use algebra. Let's denote the number of eggs required for one chocolate souffle as "x" and the number of eggs required for one lemon meringue pie as "y".

From the information given, we can write two equations:

9x + 3y = 42 (total eggs used yesterday)

1x = 4 (eggs used the day before for 1 chocolate souffle)

Solving equation 2 for x, we find that x = 4.

Substitute x = 4 into equation 1: 9(4) + 3y = 42 36 + 3y = 42 3y = 42 - 36 3y = 6 y = 6 / 3 y = 2

So, a chocolate souffle requires 4 eggs and a lemon meringue pie requires 2 eggs.