Q:

Helena needs 3.5 cups of flour per loaf of bread and 2.5 cups of flour per batch of muffins. She also needs 0.75 cup of sugar per loaf of bread and 0.75 cup of sugar per batch of muffins. Helena has 17 cups of flour and 4.5 cups of sugar available for baking.Which combination of loaves of bread and batches of muffins could Helena bake?who knows the answer????

Accepted Solution

A:
Given the choices, the best fitting answer would be the first one. "2 loaves of bread and 4 batches of muffins". I figured this out by multiplying the amount of flour and sugar required for each loaf of bread and batch of muffins