A baker used 40% of a 50kg bag of flour. If \(\frac{1}{8}\) of the amount used was for the cake, how many kilogram of flour was used for the cake?

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - General Mathematics - 2006 (Objective) Subject: General Mathematics

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A baker used 40% of a 50kg bag of flour. If \(\frac{1}{8}\) of the amount used was for the cake, how many kilogram of flour was used for the cake?
Answer Details
The baker used 40% of a 50kg bag of flour, which is equivalent to: $$ 40\% \times 50kg = \frac{40}{100} \times 50kg = 20kg $$ If \(\frac{1}{8}\) of the amount used was for the cake, then the amount of flour used for the cake is: $$ \frac{1}{8} \times 20kg = \frac{20}{8} kg = 2\frac{1}{2} kg $$ Therefore, the answer is \boxed{2\frac{1}{2}}.

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