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Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses, butter, ginger, salt, baking soda, and an egg -- to make four batches of gingerbread. She baked each batch in a pan in the oven for 30 minutes. When she had finished, she discovered that three batches were fine, but one was completely inedible.

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the paradox described?

(A) The oven was preheated to 350 degrees.

(B) Marla mixed up the salt and the sugar on the last batch.

(C) The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of light molasses.

(D) Marla used four pans, all the same size.

(E) Marla moved quickly once the first batch was done.

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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 02:34
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(A) The oven was preheated to 350 degrees.
True to all -not resolving the paradox
(B) Marla mixed up the salt and the sugar on the last batch.
COrrect as this explains why only 4th batch is iedibible
(C) The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of light molasses.
Same for all batches- Incorrect
(D) Marla used four pans, all the same size.
Incorrect
(E) Marla moved quickly once the first batch was done.
then 2nd & 3rd also became iedibile- not true- incorrect

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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2020, 04:30
Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses, butter, ginger, salt, baking soda, and an egg -- to make four batches of gingerbread. She baked each batch in a pan in the oven for 30 minutes. When she had finished, she discovered that three batches were fine, but one was completely inedible.

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the paradox described?

(A) The oven was preheated to 350 degrees. It doesn't relate to the issue. As for all 4 batches temperature would be the same

(B) Marla mixed up the salt and the sugar on the last batch.This helps define that though ingredients were the same, the order went different and hence one batch was an issue

(C) The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of light molasses.It doesn't relate to the issue. As for all 4 batches temperature would be the same

(D) Marla used four pans, all the same size.It doesn't relate to the issue. As for all 4 batches temperature would be the same

(E) Marla moved quickly once the first batch was done.It doesn't relate to the issue. As for all 4 batches temperature would be the same
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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   29 Sep 2020, 07:39
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(B) Three out of four batches came out just fine, and the same timing and ingredients were used. Only choice (B) would result in a different result for one of the batches.
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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   04 Oct 2020, 08:01
Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses, butter, ginger, salt, baking soda, and an egg -- to make four batches of gingerbread. She baked each batch in a pan in the oven for 30 minutes. When she had finished, she discovered that three batches were fine, but one was completely inedible.

Which of the following, if true, would best explain the paradox described?

(A) The oven was preheated to 350 degrees.

(B) Marla mixed up the salt and the sugar on the last batch. - Correct

(C) The recipe calls for 1/2 cup of light molasses.

(D) Marla used four pans, all the same size.

(E) Marla moved quickly once the first batch was done.
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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2020, 01:43
Shouldn't we be a cooks to know this answer...lol
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Re: Marla used the same ingredients -- sugar, salt, flour, molasses [#permalink] New post   27 Oct 2020, 03:40
I got confused between E and B.
How we know it's the fourth batch that was messed not the initial one? Or the other two for that matter?

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