Question

The cooking time for a mini-loaf of bread is 5 minutes longer than half the time it takes to bake a regular-sized loaf of bread. If it takes 25 minutes to bake a mini-loaf, how long does it take to bake a regular-sized loaf?

Answer 1

Answer:A regular-sized loaf will get baked in 40 minutes.

Explanation:

Let the time taken by the regular-sized loaf to get cooked be t.

Time taken by mini loaf of bread to cook = $5 minutes+\frac{1}{2}t$

Given that Mini loaf cooks in 25 minutes, by which we can write:

$5 minutes+\frac{1}{2}t=25 minutes$

$t=40 minutes$

A regular-sized loaf will get baked in 40 minutes.

Answer 2

Let x be the time in minutes that it will take to bake the regular - sized loaf. With this representation, the time it will take for the mini - loaf is 0.5x + 5. 
                               0.5x + 5 = 25
The value of x from the equation is 40. Thus, it will take 40 minutes to bake the regular-sized loaf.