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
A: 18.0
B: 0.4
C: 0.8
D: 0.5
The ratio of almonds to chocolate chips is 18:34.
To find out how much almonds Luis would need, divide the number of cups of chocolate chips used by the number of cups of chocolate chips in the ratio:
3 cups / 34 cups = 0.088
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis would need, multiply the number found in the previous step by the number of cups of almonds in the ratio:
0.088 * 18 cups = 1.584
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need 1.6 cups of almonds.
Therefore, the answer is not given in the options provided.
Answer: Not given
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we can set up a proportion using the given information.
The recipe states that for every 34 cups of chocolate chips, there should be 18 cups of almonds. We can set up the proportion as follows:
34 cups of chocolate chips / 18 cups of almonds = 3 cups of chocolate chips / x cups of almonds
To solve for x (the number of cups of almonds), we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
34 * x = 18 * 3
34x = 54
x = 54 / 34
x ≈ 1.588
Rounding to the nearest tenth, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds. None of the given answer options match this, so it seems there was a mistake in the question or the answer choices.
To find the number of cups of almonds needed, we can set up a proportion.
The proportion can be set up as follows:
18 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips = x cups of almonds / 3 cups of chocolate chips
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
18 cups of almonds * 3 cups of chocolate chips = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
54 cups of almonds = 34 cups of chocolate chips * x cups of almonds
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 34 cups of chocolate chips to solve for x:
x cups of almonds = 54 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips
x = 1.588 (rounded to the nearest tenth)
Therefore, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds (rounded to the nearest tenth).