Question

Miss P started a bakery. She likes to make cake balls and cupcakes. In order to make the baked goods she needs to stock up on flour and sugar. So far she has 480 cups of sugar and 270 cups of flour. She has to use at least 200 cups of pre-made icing that day, but can easily make more if she needs to. The cake ball recipe calls for 6 cups of flour and 16 cups of sugar. The cupcake recipe calls for 9 cups of flour and 12 cups of sugar. Each batch of cake balls uses 5 cups of icing and each batch of cupcakes requires 10 cups of icing. Mrs. Fletcher has already ordered 3 full batches of cake balls for her colleagues in the math department, but other departments may order more.

Answer 1

She does not need to keep safety stock of flour and sugar as she has already sufficient flour and sugar to meet the demand.

Explanation:

The cup cakes require 9 cup of flour and 12 cups of sugar. She has completed 3 batches which means she has already used 27 cups of flour and 36 cups of sugar. If she has more orders in a day she will have to use flour and sugar from the stock she has kept in the bakery. She can still process approximately 37 more batches of cup cakes from the current inventory.