Cathy's Catering business is catering a party. She is delivering food that is 1/6 sandwiches, 1/4 salads, 1/6 chips, 1/8 deserts, 1/8 snacks, and the rest drinks. If Cathy dropped the deserts on the way to the party and decides to stop and buy more snacks to make up for it, by doubling the snacks, what proportion of the food is snacks now? Choose the correct choice
A) 5/29
B) 1/8
C) 5/16
D) 1/2
E) 1/4
Sandwiches = 1/6 = 4/24   Salads = 1/4 = 6/24   Chips = 1/6 = 4/24   Deserts = 1/8 = 3/24   Snacks = 1/8 = 3/24   Drinks = 1 - (20/24) = 4/24   Now: Deserts = 0/24   If Snacks doubled =&gt; (2)(3/24) = 6/24; then, total = 24   and 6 is now snacks =&gt; proportion = 6/24.   Answer: 1/4
<result>E</result>
Cathy's Catering business is catering a party. She is delivering food that is 1/6 sandwiches, 1/4 salads, 1/6 chips, 1/8 deserts, 1/8 snacks, and the rest drinks. If Cathy dropped the deserts on the way to the party and decides to stop and buy more snacks to make up for it, by doubling the snacks, what proportion of the food is snacks now?