A wedding cake weighted 2kg. If 2/5th of its weight was flour, 5/16th was sugar, 1/4th was cream and the rest were nuts, find the weight of nuts
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Weight of cake = 2kg
Weight of flour = 2/5 of 2
= 4/5 kg
Weight of sugar = 5/16 of 2
= 5/8 kg
Weight of cream = 1/4 of 2
= 1/2 kg
So, weight of nuts
= 2 - (4/5 + 5/8 + 1/2)
= 2 - (32 + 25 + 20)/40
= 2 - 77/40
= (80 - 77)/40
= 3/40
So, weight of nuts = 3/40 kg
Hope it helps...!!!
Weight of cake = 2kg
Weight of flour = 2/5 of 2
= 4/5 kg
Weight of sugar = 5/16 of 2
= 5/8 kg
Weight of cream = 1/4 of 2
= 1/2 kg
So, weight of nuts
= 2 - (4/5 + 5/8 + 1/2)
= 2 - (32 + 25 + 20)/40
= 2 - 77/40
= (80 - 77)/40
= 3/40
So, weight of nuts = 3/40 kg
Hope it helps...!!!
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