Problema Solution
The recipe for a loafcake calls for 5/6 pound of jelly beans. If 54 cakes are needed, how many pounds of jelly beans will be used?
Answer provided by our tutors
For 1 loafcake we need 5/6 lbs jelly beans and lets say that for 54 cakes we need x lbs jelly beans thus we have the following ratio
1 : 5/6 = 54 : x
x = (5/6)*54/1
x = 45 lbs
for 54 cakes we will use 45 pounds of jelly beans.