The cooking time for a mini-loaf of bread is 5 minutes longer than half the time it takes to bake a regular-sized loaf of bread. If it takes 25 minutes to bake a mini-loaf, how long does it take to bake a regular-sized loaf?
To find the cooking time for a regular-sized loaf, we need to first understand the relationship between the cooking times of the mini-loaf and regular-sized loaf of bread.
According to the given information, the cooking time for a mini-loaf is 5 minutes longer than half the time it takes to bake a regular-sized loaf. Let's represent the cooking time for the regular-sized loaf as "x" minutes.
We can set up an equation based on this relationship:
Cooking time for mini-loaf = 5 + (1/2) * x
We are also given that the cooking time for the mini-loaf is 25 minutes:
25 = 5 + (1/2) * x
To solve for x, we can isolate the variable on one side of the equation.
Subtracting 5 from both sides:
25 - 5 = (1/2) * x
20 = (1/2) * x
To find x, we can multiply both sides by 2 to eliminate the fraction:
2 * 20 = 2 * (1/2) * x
40 = x
Therefore, it takes 40 minutes to bake a regular-sized loaf of bread.
x/2 + 5 = 25
Solve for x.