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A recipe for a cake calls for a ratio of sugar to eggs of 1 cup sugar : 3 eggs. Thisrecipe generates a cake that will serve 8 people. Determine the amount of sugar andthe number of eggs needed to bake a cake that will feed 16 people. (4)

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So let's going to write what we know

1 cup sugar : 3 eggs

1 cake -> 8 people

So we need to feed 16 which is double the cake that we have

So we need to double the ratio of the ingredients to get the answer

Answer: 2 cups sugar : 6 eggs

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