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 find the amount of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the ratio of almonds to chocolate chips from the recipe.
Let x be the number of cups of almonds Luis will need.
We know that 18 cups of almonds is equal to 34 cups of chocolate chips.
So we can set up the proportion: 18 cups / 34 cups = x cups / 3 cups
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
18 cups * 3 cups = 34 cups * x cups
54 cups = 34x
x = 54 cups / 34
x = 1.5882
Rounded to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.