Question

Tine is making pancakes. She needs two cups of batter to make eight pancakes. If Tina needs to make $1200$ pancakes of the same size, how many cups of batter does she need $?$

Answer 1

Let the $x$ number of cups of batter to make$1200$ pancakes.

So, $2:x::8:1200$

Product of extremes $=$product of means

$2\times 1200=x\times 8$

$$\begin{gathered} \Rightarrow x=\frac{2\times 1200}{8} \\ =300 \end{gathered}$$

Hence, Tina needs $300$ cups of batter for making $1200$ pancakes of the same size.