Pasha works as a food scientist. He designed a recipe for crackers that are 65% wheat flour by weight. He made a test batch of the crackers from 1 1/4 total pounds of ingredients. What weight of wheat flour did Pasha use in the test batch?

A. 13/16 lb
B. 7/16 lb
C. 13/25 lb
D. 3/5 lb

Question

Pasha works as a food scientist. He designed a recipe for crackers that are 65% wheat flour by weight. He made a test batch of the crackers from 1 1/4 total pounds of ingredients. What weight of wheat flour did Pasha use in the test batch?

A. 13/16 lb
B. 7/16 lb
C. 13/25 lb
D. 3/5 lb

anonymous · Answer

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misty1212 · Answer

i guess you have to find $65\%$ of $1\tfrac{1}{4}$ right?