Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 18 cup of almonds for every 34 cup of chocolate chips. If Luis uses 3 cups of chocolate chips, how many cups of almonds will he need? Round to the nearest tenth.(1 point)
Responses
0.5 cup
0.5 cup
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
18.0 cups
To determine how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we need to find the ratio of almond cups to chocolate chip cups.
The given ratio is 18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips.
To find the number of almond cups needed for 3 cups of chocolate chips, we can set up a proportion:
18/34 = x/3
To solve for x (the number of almond cups), we can cross multiply:
18 * 3 = 34 * x
54 = 34x
x = 54/34
x ≈ 1.6
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds. However, since the options provided are rounded to the nearest tenth, the closest option is 0.8 cup. Therefore, the correct answer is:
0.8 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion:
18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips.
Let's set up the proportion: (18 cups of almonds) / (34 cups of chocolate chips) = (x cups of almonds) / (3 cups of chocolate chips)
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
54 cups of almonds = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 34 cups of chocolate chips:
54 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds
x ≈ 1.588 cups of almonds
Round to the nearest tenth: x ≈ 1.6 cups of almonds
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion based on the ratio given in the recipe. The ratio is 18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips.
Let's set up the proportion:
18 cups almonds / 34 cups chocolate chips = x cups almonds / 3 cups chocolate chips
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
18 * 3 = 34 * x
54 = 34x
x = 54/34
x ≈ 1.588
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.