Desiree is making guacamole for a party. The recipe she is using is 1/4 cup lime juice for every 4 avocados. If she plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, how many avocados does she need
To determine how many avocados Desiree needs, we need to set up a proportion.
The recipe states that there should be 1/4 cup lime juice for every 4 avocados.
So, the ratio of lime juice to avocados can be expressed as 1/4 cup:4 avocados.
We can set up a proportion: lime juice (in cups) / avocados = recipe lime juice / recipe avocados.
Let's use x to represent the number of avocados Desiree needs.
1 cup / x = 1/4 cup / 4 avocados.
To solve the proportion, we will cross-multiply.
4 avocados * 1 cup = x * 1/4 cup.
4 = x * 1/4.
To isolate x, we will multiply both sides of the equation by 4.
4 * 4 = x * 1.
16 = x.
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados for 1 cup of lime juice. Answer: \boxed{16}.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, given that she plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, we can use the proportion from the recipe.
The proportion from the recipe is 1/4 cup lime juice for every 4 avocados.
Let's set up the proportion using the information given:
1/4 cup lime juice = 4 avocados
1 cup lime juice = X avocados
Now, we can solve for X (the number of avocados Desiree needs).
Cross-multiplying, we have:
(1/4) * X = 1 * 4
X/4 = 4
To solve for X, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 4:
X = 16
Desiree needs 16 avocados for 1 cup of lime juice.
To figure out how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a proportion using the given recipe.
The recipe states that for every 1/4 cup of lime juice, she needs 4 avocados. So if Desiree plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, we need to find out how many times 1/4 cup goes into 1 cup.
To solve this, we can set up the following proportion:
(1/4 cup) / (1 cup) = (4 avocados) / (x avocados)
Cross-multiplying, we get:
1/4 cup * x avocados = 1 cup * 4 avocados
Simplifying, we have:
x avocados = (1 cup * 4 avocados) / 1/4 cup
To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:
x avocados = (1 * 4 avocados) / (1/4)
Now, to divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal:
x avocados = 4 avocados * (4/1)
Simplifying the expression, we get:
x avocados = 16 avocados
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados to make guacamole using 1 cup of lime juice.