SOLUTION: A cake weighing 550g has three ingredients: Flour, sugar and raisins. There is twice as much flour than sugar, and one and a half times as much sugar than raisins. How much flo

Question 269713: A cake weighing 550g has three ingredients: Flour, sugar and raisins. There is twice as much flour than sugar, and one and a half times as much sugar than raisins.
How much flour is there?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
(2)
(3)
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From (3)

By substitution:
(1)

And, since
(2)

There is 300 g of flour
check:

and
(1)

OK

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