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 us assume that total weight of cake = W
Then, Milk to be used = 5W/8
Butter to be used = W/4
Remaining wt. of nuts and spices = W - (5W/8 + W/4) = W/8
Now Miguel accidentally doubles the butter means butter he used = 2W/4 = W/2, instead of W/4.
Since he forgets nuts and spices, so milk used = W - W/2 = W/2, which is one-half of the botched cake mix.
The correct answer is B.
