A recipe requires $25 \mathrm{~mL}$ of butter to be used along with $125 \mathrm{~mL}$ of sugar. If $1000 \mathrm{~mL}$ of sugar is used, how much butter would be required?
(A) $100 \mathrm{~mL}$
(B) $500 \mathrm{~mL}$
(C) $200 \mathrm{~mL}$
(D) 3 litres
(E) $400 \mathrm{~mL}$
A recipe requires $25 \mathrm{~mL}$ of butter to be used along with $125 \mathrm{~mL}$ of sugar. If $1000 \mathrm{~mL}$ of sugar is used, how much butter would be required?
(A) $100 \mathrm{~mL}$
(B) $500 \mathrm{~mL}$
(C) $200 \mathrm{~mL}$
(D) 3 litres
(E) $400 \mathrm{~mL}$

## Solution

If $1000 \mathrm{~mL}$ of sugar is used, eight times as much sugar would be used as is required by the recipe. We would use $8 \times 25$ or $200 \mathrm{~mL}$ of butter.

ANswer: (C)