Desiree is making guacamole for a party. The recipe she is using calls for 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
If 1/4 cup of lime juice is needed for every 4 avocados, then 1 cup of lime juice is needed for 4 * (1 cup / 1/4 cup) = <<4*(1/4)|4/4=1>>1 * 4 = <<4*4=16>>16 avocados. Answer: \boxed{16}.
To determine the number of avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a proportion based on the recipe:
1/4 cup lime juice = 4 avocados
If Desiree plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, we can set up the following proportion:
(1 cup lime juice) / (1/4 cup lime juice) = x avocados / 4 avocados
To find x, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
1 cup lime juice * 4 avocados = x avocados * 1/4 cup lime juice
4 cups = x/4 cups
Multiplying both sides by 4, we get:
16 cups = x
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados for the guacamole.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a proportion based on the recipe:
1/4 cup lime juice corresponds to 4 avocados.
Let's assign variables for the unknowns:
Let x be the number of avocados that Desiree needs.
We can set up the proportion as:
1/4 cup lime juice = 4 avocados
1 cup lime juice = x avocados
Now, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
(1 cup lime juice) * (4 avocados) = (1/4 cup lime juice) * x avocados
4 cups of lime juice = x/4 avocados
To find the value of x, we can multiply both sides by 4:
4 * 4 cups of lime juice = x/4 * 4 avocados
16 cups of lime juice = x avocados
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados for 1 cup of lime juice.