Suppose you are given the following list of ingredients:

1 dozen eggs
24 teaspoons of vanilla
1 lb. (82 tsp) of salt
1 lb (84 tsp) of baking soda
3 cups of chocolate chips
5 lb (11 cups) of sugar
2 lb (4 cups) of brown sugar
1 lb (4 sticks) of butter
4 lb all purpose flour


How many cookies would you be able to make? (You need to account for all the ingredients). What ingredient is the limiting reactant

Respuesta :

Based on the standard recipe for making chocolate chip cookies and referring to the available materials, the limiting reactant is chocolate chips. Again, based on the amount of chocolate chips available, around 4 pounds of cookie dough can be made or in terms of number of cookies, 48 pieces of cookies.