Question

The main ingredients for a margherita pizza is as given:

$Flour:5cups$

$Water:\frac{4}{15}\times theamountofflour$

$Cheese:2\times theamountofwater$

Find the amount of water and cheese required in cups.

• A. $Water=1\frac{1}{3};Cheese=2\frac{2}{3}$
• B. $Water=1\frac{2}{3};Cheese=2\frac{1}{3}$
• C. $Water=2\frac{2}{3};Cheese=1\frac{1}{3}$
• D. $Water=2\frac{1}{3};Cheese=1\frac{2}{3}$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $Water=1\frac{1}{3};Cheese=2\frac{2}{3}$

$\text{Amount of flour}=5cups$

$\text{Amount of water}=\frac{4}{15}\times Amountofflour=\frac{4}{15}\times 5cups=\frac{4}{15}+\frac{4}{15}+\frac{4}{15}+\frac{4}{15}+\frac{4}{15})cups=\frac{(4+4+4+4+4)}{15}cups=\frac{20}{15}cups=\frac{4}{3}cups=1\frac{1}{3}cups$

$\text{Amount of cheese}=2\times Amountofwater=2\times \frac{4}{3}cups=(\frac{4}{3}+\frac{4}{3})cups=\frac{(4+4)}{3}cups=\frac{8}{3}cups=2\frac{2}{3}cups$

$\therefore \text{The amount of water and cheese in the}$ $\text{given recipe is:}$

$Water=1\frac{1}{3}cups;Cheese=2\frac{2}{3}cups$