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Question
A pudding of mass 900 g has three ingredients: flour, sugar, and butter. There are three times as much flour as sugar and two times as much sugar as butter. How much flour (in g) is there in the recipe?
Options
550
600
750
500
MCQ
Solution
600
Explanation:
Flour = 3 × sugar
Flour : Sugar = 3 : 1
Sugar : butter = 2 : 2
Flour : Sugar : butter = 6 : 2 : 1
Total = 6 + 2 + 1 = 9 ratio = 900g
∴ 1 Ratio = 100g
∴ Flour = 6 ratio = 600g
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