Question

Isabella is making waffles. It takes of a pound of flour to make 2 waffles. She uses pounds of flour for every 8 eggs used.If Isabella uses a total of 12 eggs, then how many waffles does she make?

Answer 1

She makes total 3 waffles.

Step-by-step explanation

Suppose, the number of waffles she makes is
`x`

It takes 1 pound of flour to make 2 waffles. That means, for making 1 waffles she needs
`(1)/(2)` pound of flour.

So, the amount of flour needed to make
`x` waffles
`= (1)/(2)x` pound.

Now, 1 pound of flour is used for every 8 eggs. So,
`(1)/(2)x` pound of flour is used for
`(8*(1)/(2)x)=4x` eggs.

Given that, she uses a total of 12 eggs. So, the equation will be.....

`4x=12\\ \\ x= (12)/(4)= 3`

So, she makes total 3 waffles.