Question

At a bakery, 6 ½ quarts of cake mix can be used to bake 3 ½ cakes. If 14 cakes are going to be baked, how many quarts of cake mix will be needed? *
Just show your work, and explain how you did it!

Answer 1

26! Hope this helps

Answer 2

Answer:

26 quarts

Step-by-step explanation:

$6\frac{1}{2} = \frac{13}{2}\\\\3\frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2}$

Quarts                 Cake

  $\frac{13}{2}$                        $\frac{7}{2}$

   x                        14

find x.

Cross multiply to find x.

$x \times \frac{7}{2} = 14\times \frac{13}{2}\\\\\frac{7x}{2} = 7 \times 13\\\\7x = 7 \times 13 \times 2\\\\x = \frac{7 \times 13 \times 2}{7} = 26$

So you need 26 quarts for 14 cakes