Question

Sammie is baking a 2 layer vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. When it was completed, it measured 4 1/4 inches tall. Each of the layers of cake measure 1 2/3 inches thick. What is the thickness of the frosting?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The thickness of the frosting is 1.28 inches thick.

Step-by-step:

1) 1 2/3 x 2 = 3.33

2) 4 1/4 / 3.33 = 1.28

Explanation:

First, you take how thick the layers of the cake are which is 1 2/3  inches. Then, we multiply by 2 since there are 2 layers.

Then, we take how tall the cake and the frosting are together which is 4 1/4 inches.  Then, we divide 4 1/4 by 3.33 because to find how thick the frosting is, we need to divide how tall the cake and frosting is, and how thick the 2 cakes are.