It takes 1 pound of flour to make y cakes. The price of flour is w dollars for x pounds. In terms of w, x and y, what is the dol

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lar cost of the flour required to make 1 cake?

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Rashid [163] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-06T14:46:47+03:00

<h2>Answer:</h2>

The dollar cost of the flour required to make 1 cake is:

$ w/(xy)

<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>

It is given that:

This means that in order to make 1 cake the amount of flour required is: 1/y pound.

Cost of x pounds= $ w

Cost of 1 pound= $ w/x

Cost of 1/y pound= $ w/(xy)

i.e.

Cost of making 1 cake= $ w/(xy)