Question

The Westside Bakery uses 540 pounds of flour to make 1000 loaves of bread. Each loaf contains the same amount of flour. How many pounds of flour are used tin each loaf of bread?

Answer 1

0.54 pounds

Explanation:

Given data

We are given that

540 pounds of flour to make 1000 loaves of bread

Required

The amount of flour used to make one loaf

540 pounds of flour to make 1000 loaves of bread

x pound will be used to make 1 loaf

cross multiply we have

x*1000= 540

x= 540/1000

x= 0.54 pounds

Hence 0.54 pounds will be used