1 box of cake mix 1 egg 2 cups of flour 1/2 cup of sugar 3 tablespoons of water Assume that you had 1 dozen eggs, 6 boxes of cake mix, 10 cups of flour

Question

1 box of cake mix
1 egg
2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of sugar
3 tablespoons of water

Assume that you had 1 dozen eggs, 6 boxes of cake mix, 10 cups of flour, 10 cups of sugar, one quart of oil, and an unlimited supply of water. How many cakes can you make? What is the limiting “reagent”?

Answer 1

12 eggs ⇒ 12 cakes

6 boxes ⇒ 6 cakes

10 C flour ⇒ 5 cakes

 

Which is the limiting component?