Question

Kate is making muffins. The recipe says that 5 parts of flour must be mixed with 3 parts of butter and 2 parts of sugar. Kate uses 150 g of butter. How much flour must she use? How much sugar must she use? Answer: Kate must use g of flour. Kate must use g of sugar.​

Answer 1

Answer: Kate must use 250g of flour and 100g of sugar.

Explanation:

Let x represent 1 part of an ingredient

3x = 150

x = 50

Flour = 5x

= 5(50)

= 250

Sugar = 2x

= 2(50)

= 100