Question

A biscuit recipe calls for 2 pounds of all purpose flour and .75 pound of butter, what would be the baker’s percentage for butter if the recipe were converted to a formula with all purpose flour as the main ingredient?

Answer 1

For this case we have the following data:

The recipe for cookies requires:

• 2 pounds of flour

• 0.75 pounds of butter

If the flour becomes the main ingredient, it will be represented by 100%.

Now, you want to know the percentage of butter, taking into account that the flour represents 100%. For this, we use a rule of three:

2 pounds of flour         ------> 100%

0.75 pounds of butter ------> x

Where x represents % butter, since flour represents 100%.

So, we have:

$x =\frac{0.75*100}{2}$

$x = \frac{75}{2}$

$x = 37.5%$

Thus, butter represents 37.5% of the recipe.

Answer:

37.5%