Answer:
31.25 kg of flour is needed to make 50 cakes
Step-by-step explanation:
A 2.5-kg bag of flour contains enough flour to make 4 cakes. a) How much flour is needed to make 50 cakes?
We can find it by using unitary method i.e first find quantity of flour needed for 1 cake and then we can find quantity of flour needed for 50 cakes.
Flour needed to make 4 cakes = 2.5 kg
Flour needed to make 1 cake = [tex]\frac{2.5}{4}[/tex] kg
Flour needed to make 50 cakes = [tex]\frac{2.5}{4}\times 50[/tex]
= 31.25 kg
So, 31.25 kg of flour is needed to make 50 cakes
