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
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.5 cup
To find the number of cups of almonds that Luis needs, we need to set up a proportion. If 3/4 cup of chocolate chips requires 1/8 cup of almonds, we can set up the proportion:
(3/4) / (1/8) = x / 3
Cross-multiplying, we get:
(3/4) * 3 = (1/8) * x
9/4 = 1/8 * x
Multiplying both sides by 8, we get:
72/4 = x
Simplifying, we get:
18 = x
Therefore, Luis will need 18 cups of almonds.