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
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.5 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion based on the given ratio.
The recipe states that for every 34 cups of chocolate chips, 18 cups of almonds are needed.
Let's set up the proportion:
18 cups almonds / 34 cups chocolate chips = x cups almonds / 3 cups chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying:
18 cups almonds * 3 cups chocolate chips = 34 cups chocolate chips * x cups almonds
54 cups almonds = 102 cups chocolate chips * x
To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 102 cups chocolate chips:
54 cups almonds / 102 cups chocolate chips = x
Simplifying:
0.5294 = x
Rounding to the nearest tenth, the number of cups of almonds Luis will need is approximately 0.5 cup.
1.6 is wrong
I apologize for the incorrect rounding.
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the information given in the recipe.
The proportion is as follows:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying, we get:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Simplifying, we have:
54 cups of almond = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Dividing both sides of the equation by 34 cups of chocolate chips:
54 cups of almond / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds
Calculating, we get:
x = 54 / 34
x ≈ 1.588
Rounded to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
1.6 is not an answer chioce put a difrene answer
I apologize for the confusion. Let's reevaluate the calculation.
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the information given in the recipe.
The proportion is as follows:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying, we get:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Simplifying, we have:
54 cups of almonds = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 34 cups of chocolate chips:
54 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds
Approximating x, we get:
x ≈ 1.588
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
omg no dude
I apologize for the confusion. Let's reevaluate the calculation once again.
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the information given in the recipe.
The proportion is as follows:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying, we get:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Simplifying, we have:
54 cups of almonds = 102 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 54 cups of almonds:
x = 102 cups of chocolate chips * x / 54 cups of almonds
Simplifying further:
x = 1.888 * x
Moving the x to one side of the equation:
x - 1.888 * x = 0
Simplifying:
-0.888 * x = 0
Dividing both sides by -0.888:
x = 0
It appears there was an error in the calculation, and the result is that Luis would not need any cups of almonds according to the given proportions.
these are the answer chices put one of these\
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.5 cup
0.5 cup
My apologies for the confusion. Let's go through the calculation one last time to provide the correct answer.
According to the recipe, the ratio is 18 cups of almonds for every 34 cups of chocolate chips.
We want to find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need if he uses 3 cups of chocolate chips.
Let's set up the proportion:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross-multiplying, we get:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Simplifying, we have:
54 cups of almonds = 102 cups of chocolate chips * x
To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 102 cups of chocolate chips:
x = 54 cups of almonds / 102 cups of chocolate chips
Simplifying further:
x ≈ 0.529
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 0.5 cup of almonds.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
0.5 cup of almonds.