A cake recipe calls for 1 cups of sugar Zymer a caterer has

A cake recipe calls for 1 - cups of sugar. Zymer, a caterer, has 14 5/6 cups of sugar on hand. Estimate how many cakes he can make and show you work Calculate exactly how many cakes can be made.

Solution

Cake requires 1(3/4) cups of sugar = (1*4 +3)/4 = 7/4 cups

Zymer has 14(5/6) cups of sugar = ( 14*6 +5)/6 = 89/6 cups

No. of cakes he can make = (total number of cups of sugar)/( no. of cups required for one cake)

=( 89/6) / ( 7/4)

= 89*4/(7*6)

= 356/42

= 178/21 = 8(10/21) no. of cakes

He can make 08 no. of cakes.