Oscar is making a loaf of bread in cooking class. The teacher gives him a recipe that calls for 34 tsp of yeast for every 12 cup of flour. If he plans to use 1 tsp of yeast, how much flour does he need in order to keep the bread tasting the same?(1 point)
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1 cup
1 cup
2 cups
2 cups
38 cup
Start Fraction 3 over 8 End Fraction cup
23 cup
The correct answer is 3/8 cup.
To keep the bread tasting the same, Oscar needs to use the same ratio of yeast to flour as instructed in the recipe. The recipe calls for 34 tsp of yeast for every 12 cup of flour. If Oscar plans to use 1 tsp of yeast, he will need to use the same ratio.
So, to find out how much flour he needs, we can set up a proportion:
34 tsp / 12 cup = 1 tsp / x cups
Cross-multiplying, we get:
34x = 12
Dividing both sides by 34, we find:
x = 12/34
Simplifying the fraction, we get:
x ≈ 0.35294 cup
Therefore, Oscar needs approximately 0.35294 cup of flour to keep the bread tasting the same.
To find out how much flour Oscar needs, we can use a proportion using the ratio of yeast to flour given in the recipe.
The proportion can be set up as follows:
34 tsp yeast / 12 cup flour = 1 tsp yeast / x cups flour
To solve for x (the amount of flour), we can cross multiply:
34 tsp yeast * x cups flour = 12 cup flour * 1 tsp yeast
34x = 12
Dividing both sides of the equation by 34:
x = 12 / 34
So, Oscar needs approximately 3/8 cup of flour to keep the bread tasting the same.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Start Fraction 3 over 8 End Fraction cup.