Alice Hall, Who Loves to Cook, Makes an Apple Cake

Multiple Choice

Alice Hall, who loves to cook, makes an apple cake (serves six) for her family. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 pounds of apples, 2 1/4 cups of flour, 1/5 cup of margarine, 1 1/4 cups of sugar, and 4 eggs. Since guests are coming, she would like to make this cake so it will serve 24. How many pounds of apples should she use?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 17 1/2
D) 10 1/4
E) None of these