Question

A baker made two cakes of the same size. • At the end of the day, there was 23 of a chocolate cake left. • There was 56 of a strawberry cake left. • The baker divided the remaining chocolate cake into 2 equal pieces and the remaining strawberry cake into 3 equal pieces. Which cake flavor had larger pieces and by how much? A chocolate by 16 of a cake B strawberry by 16 of a cake C chocolate by 118 of a cake D strawberry by 118 of a cake
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Answer 1

This is the concept of algebra, To solve the question  we proceed as follows;
Number of chocolate cake left=23 
The number of pieces that was left after the cake was divided into 2 equal pieces will be:
23*2
=46

Number of strawberry cake left = 56
The number of pieces that was left after the cake was divided into 3 equal pieces will be:
56*3
=168

Comparing the two fraction, the flavor that had larger pieces was strawberry cake;
This cake was larger compared to chocolate by:
168-46
=122
The answer is Strawberry by 122 of a cake