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Explore a baking scenario with limited ingredients and calculate how many cakes you can make. Learn about limiting reactants in this interactive resource. How many cakes can you make with the given ingredients and what happens if you buy more eggs?
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RECIPE FOR 1 CAKE • 2 Cups Flour • 2 Eggs • 1 Cup Sugar • 1 Tbs Baking Powder • 1 Cup Water • 1/3 Cup Oil
HOW MANY CAKES CAN YOU MAKE? • YOU HAVE: • 14 Cups Flour • 4 Eggs • 9 Cups Sugar • 15 Tbs Baking Powder • 10 Cups Water • 3 1/3 Cups Oil • FOR ONE CAKE • 2 Cups Flour • 2 Eggs • 1 Cup Sugar • 1 Tbs Baking Powder • 1 Cup Water • 1/3 Cup Oil
FOR ONE CAKE2 Cups Flour2 Eggs1 Cup Sugar1 Tbs Baking Powder1 Cup Water1/3 Cup Oil What about the rest of the flour? How many cakes could you make if you bought a dozen more eggs? • YOU HAVE: • 14 Cups Flour • 4 Eggs • 9 Cups Sugar • 15 Tbs Baking Powder • 10 Cups Water • 3 1/3 Cups Oil
LIMITING REACTANT The first reactant to be used up in a reaction
IDENTIFYING A LIMITING REACTANT C6H12O6 + 6O2 6H2O + 6CO2 + energy 10 molecules 10 molecules 10 molecules 100 molecules
In many biological processes, the product of one reaction is a reactant in the next A + B C C + D E E + F G + + +