Question

A recipe for cake calls for a ratio of sugar and eggs of 1 cup of sugar : 3 eggs this recipe generates a cake that will serve 8 people. Determine the amount sugar and the number of eggs needed to bake a cake that will feed 16 people?

Answer 1

Given:

The ratio of sugar and eggs for 8 people is

`1:3`

Required:

We need to find the amount of sugar and the number of eggs needed to bake a cake that will feed 16 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of a cub of sugar needed for 8 people is 1.

The number of eggs needed for 8 people is 3.

`\text{ We know that }16=2*8.`

Multiply 1 by 2, and we get 2

The number of cubs of sugar for 16 people is 2.

Multiply 3 by 2, we get 6.

The number of eggs for 16 people is 16.

Final answer:

2 cups of sugar and 16 eggs are needed to bake a cake that will feed 16 people.