Respuesta :

By proportion he used 900 * X / 200 =  4.5X eggs Answer

Answer:

4.5x eggs are needed if he used 900 g of flour.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that to bake muffins Matt needs X eggs for every 200 g of flour.

We need to find the number of eggs if he used 900 g of flour.

Let Matt needs Y eggs for every 900 g of flour.

Using proportion, we get

[tex]\frac{X}{200}=\frac{Y}{900}[/tex]

On cross multiplication we get

[tex]900x=200Y[/tex]

Divide both sides by 200.

[tex]\frac{900x}{200}=Y[/tex]

[tex]\frac{9x}{2}=Y[/tex]

[tex]4.5x=Y[/tex]

Therefore 4.5x eggs are needed if he used 900 g of flour.