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Model 1: <strong>Limiting</strong> Ingredient<br />

A cake recipe calls for:<br />

2 cups of water<br />

4 cups of flour<br />

8 squares of chocolate<br />

4 cups of sugar<br />

8 oz of butter<br />

4 eggs<br />

Ingredients on hand:<br />

Figure 7.1<br />

lots of water 5 cups flour 4 cups sugar<br />

12 squares chocolate 16 oz butter 6 eggs<br />

Key Questions<br />

Shaded cells represent completed table entries.<br />

1.<br />

According to Model 1, how much of each ingredient is necessary to make a cake?<br />

water flour chocolate sugar butter eggs<br />

2 cups 4 cups 8 squares 4 cups 8 oz 4 eggs<br />

2.<br />

If you follow the recipe, using only the ingredients on hand in the model, how much of each<br />

ingredient will be left over after you have baked the cake?<br />

water flour chocolate sugar butter eggs<br />

a lot 1 cup 4 squares 0 cups 8 oz 2 eggs<br />

42<br />

Foundations of Chemistry

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