Ann increased the quantity of all the ingredients in a recipe by 60%. She used 80 grams (g) of cheese. How much Cheese did the recipe require?

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Dustin Cole

Mathematics

5 June, 06:36

Ann increased the quantity of all the ingredients in a recipe by 60%. She used 80 grams (g) of cheese. How much Cheese did the recipe require?

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Saniyah Castro · Answer 1

So to use an equation to find it, we have to find the missing number.

1.6x=80

Now divide:

80:1.6 = 50

Let's check to see if we're right.

50*.6 = 30+50 = 80

So they required 50 grams of cheese.