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%.<br /><br />Let's denote the original amount of cheese required as \( x \) grams.<br /><br />Since Ann increased the amount of cheese by 60%, the new amount of cheese used is \( x + 0.6x = 1.6x \).<br /><br />We are given that Ann used 80 grams of cheese, so we can set up the equation:<br /><br />\[ 1.6x = 80 \]<br /><br />Now, we can solve for \( x \):<br /><br />\[ x = \frac{80}{1.6} \]<br /><br />\[ x = 50 \]<br /><br />Therefore, the recipe originally required 50 grams of cheese.