Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 1/8 cup of almonds for every 3/4 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
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.5 cup
To find the number of cups of almonds needed, we need to set up a proportion using the ratio of almonds to chocolate chips provided in the recipe.
1/8 cup almonds / 3/4 cup chocolate chips = x cups almonds / 3 cups chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying, we get:
3/4 cup chocolate chips * x cups almonds = 1/8 cup almonds * 3 cups chocolate chips
Multiplying both sides, we have:
3x/4 = 3/8
Cross-multiplying again, we get:
8 * 3x = 4 * 3
24x = 12
Dividing both sides by 24, we have:
x = 12/24
Simplifying, we find that x = 0.5 cup.
Therefore, Luis will need 0.5 cups of almonds for 3 cups of chocolate chips.