A recipe book shows measurement conversions for cups to pints. It shows that 3 cups converts to 1.5 pints and 5 cups converts to 2.5 pints.
Write an equation that shows the proportional relationship between pints and cups where p represents pints and n represents cups.
p equals 3 over 1.5 times n
n equals 1.5 over 3 times p
p = 0.5n
n = 0.5p
p = 0.5n
The correct equation that shows the proportional relationship between pints and cups is:
p = 0.5n
where p represents pints and n represents cups.
The correct equation that shows the proportional relationship between pints (p) and cups (n) is:
p = 0.5n
This equation can be derived by dividing the number of pints by the number of cups in the recipe book's measurement conversions.
For example, if you have 3 cups, you can calculate the equivalent pints by substituting n=3 in the equation:
p = 0.5 * 3 = 1.5 pints
Similarly, if you have 5 cups, you can calculate the equivalent pints by substituting n=5 in the equation:
p = 0.5 * 5 = 2.5 pints
This equation can be used to convert between pints and cups by multiplying or dividing by 0.5.