Mrs. Tanaka is making graham crackers. The recipe calls for 115 g. of honey and 375 g of flour. She has only 46 g of honey. How much less flour must she use to keep the same ratio of honey to flour

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Ayden Fitzgerald

11 April, 19:49

Mrs. Tanaka is making graham crackers. The recipe calls for 115 g. of honey and 375 g of flour. She has only 46 g of honey. How much less flour must she use to keep the same ratio of honey to flour

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Yael Mcintosh · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

You have 2 ratios

Recipe

115 g H

375 g F

115/375

Mrs. Tanaka's limitations

46 H

? F

Equate these two

115/375 = 46/x Cross multiply

115x = 375 * 46 Combine the right

115x = 17250 Divide by 115

115/115 x = 17250/115 Divide

x = 150 grams of flour,