Question

Jay is letting her bread dough rise. After three hours, her bread dough is 1 1/5 ​ of its original size. What percent of its original size is Jay's bread dough?

Answer 1

Answer: It becomes 120% of original dough.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Jay is letting her bread dough rise,

After 3 hours, her bread dough is $1\frac{1}{5}=\frac{6}{5}$ of its original size.

We need to find the percent of its original size is Jay's bread dough.

So, Percentage will be

$\frac{6}{5}\times 100\\\\=6\times 20\\\\=120\%$

So, it becomes 120% of original dough.