Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 18 cup of almonds for every 34 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
A. 0.5 cup
B. 0.4 cup
C. 0.8 cup
D. 18.0 cups
To find how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion.
Let x represent the number of cups of almonds needed.
Therefore, we have the proportion:
18/34 = x/3
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply:
18 * 3 = 34 * x
54 = 34x
Divide both sides by 34:
x = 54/34
x ≈ 1.6
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
Rounding to the nearest tenth, the answer is:
C. 0.8 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a ratio using the given information.
The recipe calls for 18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips. Therefore, the ratio of almonds to chocolate chips is 18:34.
Now, we can use this ratio to find the number of cups of almonds Luis will need when he uses 3 cups of chocolate chips.
First, we can set up an equation:
18/34 = x/3
To solve for x (the number of cups of almonds), we can cross-multiply:
18 * 3 = 34x
54 = 34x
Divide both sides by 34 to isolate x:
54/34 = x
x ≈ 1.588
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
Therefore, the answer is not among the options provided.
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion based on the recipe's ratio between almonds and chocolate chips:
Almonds / Chocolate chips = 18 cups / 34 cups
We know that Luis is using 3 cups of chocolate chips, so we can substitute that value into the proportion:
Almonds / 3 cups = 18 cups / 34 cups
To find the value of Almonds, we can cross-multiply and solve for Almonds:
Almonds = (3 cups * 18 cups) / 34 cups
Almonds ≈ 1.588 cups
Rounded to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
Therefore, the closest option is not provided.