Question

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?

2 loaves of bread and 4 batches of muffins
3 loaves of bread and 3 batches of muffins
4 loaves of bread and 2 batches of muffins
5 loaves of bread and 1 batch of muffins

Answer 1

so like a first step you know that 3,5 cups of flour per loaf of bred and 2,5 cups of flour per batch of muffins

for 2 loaf of bred need 2*3,5 cups of flour what equal 7 cups of flour
for 2 batch of muffin need 2*2,5 cups of flour what equal 5 cups of flour

Helen has 17 cups of flour total

so now than you look on these my above wrote how you think what will be the right answer ?

@Laylalyssa