Question

Penelope's cookie recipe calls for 3/4 of a pound of butter. If she only wants to make 1/2 of the recipe, how many pounds of butter should she use? Show your work.

Answer 1

1/4

Answer 2

Fat

Answer 3

1+1 = 1

Answer 4

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To find out how many pounds of butter Penelope should use if she wants to make 1/2 of the recipe, we can use a basic proportion.

Given: The original recipe calls for 3/4 of a pound of butter, and she wants to make 1/2 of the recipe.

Let x be the unknown amount of butter in pounds that Penelope should use.

We can set up the proportion as follows:

Amount of butter / Original recipe = Amount of butter / Desired recipe

3/4 lb / 1 = x lb / 1/2

Now, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:

(3/4) * (1/2) = 1 * x
3/8 = x

So, Penelope should use 3/8 of a pound (or 0.375 pounds) of butter for 1/2 of the recipe.

Alternatively, to simplify the fraction further, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by 8:

3/8 = (3 ÷ 8) / (8 ÷ 8) = 3/8 = 0.375 pounds

Therefore, Penelope should use 0.375 pounds of butter.

Answer 5

Multiply:

(3/4) * (1/2) = _______ pound