Through Some Tasty Culinary Investigation, Chef Willie Has Found the Difference

question 9

Multiple Choice

Through some tasty culinary investigation, Chef Willie has found the difference threshold for the sweetness of sugar in a cake. For a cake with 100 mg of sugar, the difference threshold is 5 mg. According to Weber's law, how much sugar would need to be added to a cake already containing 250 mg of sugar in order to make it taste just noticeably sweeter?

• A) 5 mg
• B) 10 mg
• C) 12.5 mg
• D) 20 mg

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