Ann increased the quantities of all the ingredients in a recipe by 60% . She used 80 grams (g)of cheese. How much cheese did the recipe require? square g

To solve this problem, we need to find the original amount of cheese required in the recipe before Ann increased the quantities of all the ingredients by 60%.Let's denote the original amount of cheese required as grams.Since Ann increased the amount of cheese by 60%, the new amount of cheese used is .We are given that Ann used 80 grams of cheese, so we can set up the equation: Now, we can solve for : Therefore, the recipe originally required 50 grams of cheese.