A recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of flour. Zoe uses 1 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of flour. which kind of mutation is best modeled by zoes version of the recipe​

Substitution

Explanation:

Given the information in the question substitution seems like the most appropriate answer. Zoe used 1 cup of slat rather than 1 cup of sugar, she substituted sugar for salt.

Insertion is wrong because Zoe did not add another ingredient, there is still only 2 ingredients.

Transition is wrong because, given the information, because the state(liquid or solid) of the ingredients has not changed. Zoe is still use dry ingredients per say.

And beneficial also seems to be wrong because we don't know if using salt instead was beneficial to the recipe or to Zoe.

Explanation:

the answer to your question is b