SOLUTION: A cake recipe serves 3 people, and calls for 1.25 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. I have 3.25 cups of flour, and 8.75 cups of sugar. If I use the recipe to bake the largest cake

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Question 153570: A cake recipe serves 3 people, and calls for 1.25 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. I have 3.25 cups of flour, and 8.75 cups of sugar. If I use the recipe to bake the largest cake possible with these ingredients, how many people will it serve?
Please help me.
Thank you so much
Answer by jojo14344(1513) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Theoritically, 1cake calls for 1.25 cups of flour + 2 cups of sugar to serve 3 people. Now if double the # of people to highlight%286%29,
then he ingredients doubled too. It make sense right?
For 6: 1.25%2A2=2.50 cups of flour + 2%2A2=4cups of sugar.
let's see if we can add another 1.25 cups of flour + 2 cups of sugar for another 3 people: 2.50%2B1.25=3.75 cups of flour. STOP THERE! You have only 3.25 cups of flour so it won't work, unless you do ratio & Proportion but THAT"S NOT THE RECIPE CALLS FOR.
So the total only for the largest cake is 6 people.
Thank you,
Jojo