Question

A cookie recipe requires 3 teaspoons of baking soda for 36 cookies. If the baker would like to make 480 cookies, how much baking soda will be required?

Answer 1

It would require 40 teaspoons

Explanation:

Given that;

A cookie recipe requires 3 teaspoons of baking soda for 36 cookies

The amount of teaspoons of baking soda required per cookie is;

r = 3/36 teaspoons per cookie

So, for 480 cookies i would require;

N = r × 480 cookies

Substituting r, we have;

N = 3/36 teaspoons per cookie × 480 cookies

N = 40 teaspoons

It would require 40 teaspoons