Chapter 7.2, Problem 6P

To determine

To find: The number of muffins made with $900\text{g}$ of flour.

Answer to Problem 6P

The number of muffins made with $900\text{g}$ of flour is $3\frac{3}{4}$ .

Explanation of Solution

Given:

The $2\frac{1}{2}$ dozen whole-wheat muffins required $600\text{g}$ of flour.

Calculation:

Let $x$ be the number of muffins made with $900\text{g}$ of flour.

Write the proportion with the help of given information.

  $\begin{array}{c}\frac{2\frac{1}{2}}{600}=\frac{x}{900}\\ 600x=900\times \frac{5}{2}\\ x=\frac{15}{4}\\ =3\frac{3}{4}\end{array}$

Therefore, the number of muffins made with $900\text{g}$ of flour is $3\frac{3}{4}$ .