Question

When a large cake is cut into piece that each weighs 3 ounces, it yields 120 pieces. How many pieces would the cake yield if it were cut into 2- ounce pieces instead

Answer 1

when the cake is cut into $2$ ounce pieces instead of $3$ pieces it yields $180$ pieces.

How to find large cake pieces ?

Given in the question when cake cuts into piece that each weight is $3$ ounce it yields $120$

So original large cake weight is

$w=120*3\\\\w=360$

So we can find cake pieces when cake cuts into weight $2$ each piece

$pieces=\frac{360}{2}\\=180$

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