Desiree is making guacamole for a party. The recipe she is using for 1/4 cup like juice for every 4 avocados. If she plans to use 1 cup like juice, how many avocados does she need?
If the recipe calls for 1/4 cup lime juice for every 4 avocados, then she needs 1/4 of a cup for every avocado, or 1/4 x 1/4 = 1/16 cup per avocado.
If she plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, then she needs 1/(1/16) = 16 avocados. Answer: \boxed{16}.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a ratio based on the recipe.
The recipe states that for 1/4 cup of lime juice, 4 avocados are used. Therefore, we have:
1/4 cup lime juice : 4 avocados
We know that Desiree plans to use 1 cup of lime juice. We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of avocados she needs:
(1/4 cup lime juice) / (4 avocados) = (1 cup lime juice) / (x avocados)
Cross multiplying, we get:
(1/4) * (x) = (1) * (4)
Simplifying,
x/4 = 4
Multiplying both sides by 4, we get:
x = 4 * 4
x = 16
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a proportion based on the given recipe.
Let's assign a variable to represent the number of avocados Desiree needs. Let's call this variable 'x'.
According to the recipe, for every 4 avocados, she needs 1/4 cup of lime juice.
So, the proportion can be written as:
4 avocados / 1/4 cup lime juice = x avocados / 1 cup lime juice
To solve for 'x', we can cross-multiply:
4 avocados * 1 cup lime juice = 1/4 cup lime juice * x avocados
4 avocados = 1/4 cup lime juice * x avocados
To isolate 'x' on one side of the equation, we can divide both sides by 1/4 cup lime juice:
(4 avocados) / (1/4 cup lime juice) = (1/4 cup lime juice * x avocados) / (1/4 cup lime juice)
Simplifying the equation gives us:
4 avocados / (1/4 cup lime juice) = x avocados
To calculate this, we need to divide the number 4 by 1/4. To divide by a fraction, we can multiply by its reciprocal. The reciprocal of 1/4 is 4/1.
Hence, we multiply 4 by 4/1:
4 * 4/1 = 16/1
Therefore, x = 16 avocados.
So, Desiree needs 16 avocados to use 1 cup of lime juice in her guacamole.