Question

A traditional pound cake recipe calls for 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of butter, 1 pound of eggs, and 1 pound of flour. What percent of a pound cake is flour?(1 point)
Responses

It depends how big of a pound cake you make.
It depends how big of a pound cake you make.

25%
25 percent

1%
1 percent

33%
33 percent
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Answer 1

In a traditional pound cake recipe, you have the following ingredients:

- 1 pound of sugar
- 1 pound of butter
- 1 pound of eggs
- 1 pound of flour

Total weight of the cake = 1 pound (sugar) + 1 pound (butter) + 1 pound (eggs) + 1 pound (flour) = 4 pounds.

To find the percentage of the cake that is flour, you can use the formula:

\[
\text{Percentage of flour} = \left( \frac{\text{Weight of flour}}{\text{Total weight of cake}} \right) \times 100
\]

Plugging in the numbers:

\[
\text{Percentage of flour} = \left( \frac{1 \text{ pound}}{4 \text{ pounds}} \right) \times 100 = 25\%
\]

So, the correct response is **25%**.