Question

A rectangular baking pan is 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 2.5 inches tall. If 1 cubic inch of cake mix is approximately 0.55 ounces, how much cake mix can the pan hold?

Answer 1

Amount of cake mix baking pan can hold is 99 ounces

Explanation:

Here we have the size of the baking pan is given by the following relation

Volume of baking pan = Length × Width × Height

Volume of baking pan = 12 in. × 6 in. × 2.5 in. = 180 in.³

Mass of 1 cubic inch of cake mix = 0.55 ounces, therefore, the mass of cake mix that the 180 in.³ baking pan can hold is found as follows;

Amount of cake mix baking pan can hold = Volume of baking pan × Mass per cubic inch of cake mix

Amount of cake mix baking pan can hold = 180 in.³ × 0.55 ounce/in.³ = 99 ounces.