Mckenzie works for a catering company. She is making iced tea for an upcoming event. For each container of tea, she uses 16 tea bags and 3 cups of sugar. If McKenzie uses 64 tea bags, how many cups of sugar will she use?
16/3 = 64/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
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8 will the awnswer beacuse 8 times 6 equals 48 so 48 divided 6 equals 8
To find out how many cups of sugar McKenzie will use, we need to determine the ratio or proportion between the number of tea bags and the cups of sugar.
Given that McKenzie uses 16 tea bags and 3 cups of sugar for each container of tea, we can create the following ratio:
16 tea bags : 3 cups of sugar
Now we need to use this ratio to find the number of cups of sugar when McKenzie uses 64 tea bags.
To do this, we can set up a proportion using the information we have:
16 tea bags / 3 cups of sugar = 64 tea bags / x cups of sugar
Now we can solve for x, which represents the number of cups of sugar:
16/3 = 64/x
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
16x = 3 * 64
16x = 192
Dividing both sides by 16:
x = 192/16
x = 12
Therefore, McKenzie will need to use 12 cups of sugar when she uses 64 tea bags.