Question

Sheila is baking a few cakes for the bake sale for her school. Each cake requires LaTeX: 2\frac{1}{2}cups of sugar. How many cakes can she bake if she has LaTeX: 7\frac{1}{3}cups of sugar?

Answer 1

`2(14)/(15)` cakes

Explanation:

2.5 for each cake

7.3333 cups of sugar

`(2.5)/(1):\frac{7(1)/(3) }y}`

2.5y =
`7(1)/(3)`

2.5y ÷ 2.5 =
`7(1)/(3)`. ÷ 2.5

y =
`2(14)/(15)`