The turkeys, Corey, Laura, Paige and Jacob, are cooking up a pumpkin pie and each add a different ingredient. When the pie is finished, there is 1/4 cinnamon left, 1/3 of nutmeg, 1/2 of ginger and 5/8 of pumpkin left. Corey used the most. Laura used the least. Jacob used more than Paige. Who used the ginger?
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Given:
When the pie is finished, Cinnamon left = 1/4 of total amount
Nutmeg left = 1/3 of initial amount
Ginger left = 1/2 of total amount
Pumpkin left = 5/8 of total amount
To find:
Who used ginger?
Solution:
If Corey used the most, then the ingredient left must be the least one i.e. cinnamon.
Laura used the least, then the ingredient left must be the maximum one, i.e. pumpkin.
If Jacob used more than Paige, then Jacob must have used nutmeg and Paige must have used Ginger.
Therefore, ginger was used by Paige.
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