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Let us assume that total weight of cake = Wrunzun wrote:Miguel is baking a cake.the cake mix recipes calls for 5/8 of the total weight to be milk, 1/4 to be butter, and the remainder to be even mixture of nuts and spices. If Miguel accidentally doubles the butter and forgets the mixture of nuts and spices altogether., what proportion of the botched cake mix would be milk?
a)2/9
b)1/2
c)5/9
d)5/6
e)9/8
Let recipe = 16.runzun wrote:Miguel is baking a cake.the cake mix recipes calls for 5/8 of the total weight to be milk, 1/4 to be butter, and the remainder to be even mixture of nuts and spices. If Miguel accidentally doubles the butter and forgets the mixture of nuts and spices altogether., what proportion of the botched cake mix would be milk?
a)2/9
b)1/2
c)5/9
d)5/6
e)9/8
Let recipe = 24.
Milk = (5/8)*24 = 15.
Butter = (1/4)*24 = 6.
Nuts and Spices = 24-15-6 = 3.
Butter doubled = 2*6 = 12.
New total without nuts and spices = milk + butter = 15+12 = 27.
Milk/Total = 15/27 = 5/9.
