Nadine baked 2 cakes using a circular cake pan of diameter 12 inches. She plans to make a layered cake with one cake on top of the other with frosting only in between the cakes and on top of the second cake. Layla baked 4 cakes using a circular cake pan of diameter 10 inches. She plans to make a layered cake with each cake on top of the other and frosting only in between the cakes and on top of the fourth cake. The height of frosting in both their cakes is the same.

Who requires more frosting?

Question

Nadine baked 2 cakes using a circular cake pan of diameter 12 inches. She plans to make a layered cake with one cake on top of the other with frosting only in between the cakes and on top of the second cake. Layla baked 4 cakes using a circular cake pan of diameter 10 inches. She plans to make a layered cake with each cake on top of the other and frosting only in between the cakes and on top of the fourth cake. The height of frosting in both their cakes is the same.

Who requires more frosting?

anonymous · Answer

A)Layla. She has to frost an area that is 50.24 square inches greater than the area Nadine has to frost.
B)Nadine. The area to be frosted on each of her cakes is more than the area to be frosted on each of Layla’s cakes.
C)Nadine. She has to frost an area of 904.32 square inches, and Layla has to frost an area of 314 square inches.
D)Layla. She has to frost an area of 314 square inches, and Nadine has to frost an area of 226.08 square inches.