Ginny is making popcorn the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter, 3 tablespoons of kernels, and 1 teaspoon of salt, if she uses 10 tablespoons of kernels, how much butter does she need your answer to the nearest hundredth
A. 1.50
B. 1.66
C. 3.33
D. 1.67
To find out how much butter Ginny needs, we can set up a proportion using the given recipe.
The recipe calls for 3 tablespoons of kernels and 1/2 cup of butter.
Let's set up the proportion:
3 tablespoons of kernels / 1/2 cup of butter = 10 tablespoons of kernels / x cups of butter
Cross-multiplying, we get:
3 tablespoons of kernels * x cups of butter = 10 tablespoons of kernels * 1/2 cup of butter
3x = 5
Dividing both sides by 3, we get:
x = 5/3
x ≈ 1.67
Therefore, Ginny needs approximately 1.67 cups of butter.
Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the answer is D. 1.67