Question

flour and water are used to make bread, the recipe says that the flour and the water are mixed in the ratio 5:1 , if the bread dough that is made weighs 1200g , what is the quantity of flour was used (in grams)

Answer 1

Answer:

let the ratio of flour to water be   $5:1$⇒

let the amount of flour be $x_{1}$  and that of water be $x_{2}$

$x_{1} :x_{2} =1200kg$ ⇒ to find the quantity of flour

let $\frac{x_{1} }{x_{1+x_{2} } } X1200kg=1000kg$⇒

∴1000kg of flour was added to 200kg of water

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