Ms. Gusciora is making salad dressing for a party. If 3/5 of the mixture in the measuring cup is olive oil, how many cups of oil does Ms. Gusciora use to make the salad dressing?
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the answer is actully 1 and 1/2
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If this is the complete problem, then --
3/5 cup
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To solve this problem, you need to determine the number of cups of olive oil in the salad dressing.
Given that 3/5 of the mixture in the measuring cup is olive oil, we can set up a proportion to find the number of cups of olive oil.
Let's assume the total mixture in the measuring cup is represented by "x" cups.
According to the proportion:
3/5 = x cups of olive oil / total mixture
To find x, we can cross multiply:
3 * total mixture = 5 * x cups of olive oil
Simplifying the equation:
3 * total mixture = 5 * x
3/5 * total mixture = x
Since the question is asking for the number of cups of olive oil used, x represents the number of cups of olive oil in the salad dressing mixture.
Therefore, Ms. Gusciora uses 3/5 cups of olive oil to make the salad dressing for the party.