College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Prologue: Principles of Problem Solving - Problems - Page 4: 6

Answer

There is more cream in the coffee cup.

Work Step by Step

$density=\frac{mass}{volume}$ . Since powder is denser than liquid, and the volumes are equal, therefore there must be more mass of powder than there is of the creamed-coffee solution. Which means that there is more cream in the coffee cup than there is coffee in the pitcher of cream.
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