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?(1 point)
If 1/4 cup of lime juice is needed for every 4 avocados, then 1 cup of lime juice is needed for every 4 * 4 = <<1/4*16=4>>16 avocados. Answer: \boxed{16}.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a ratio using the recipe's proportion of lime juice to avocados. The recipe states that for every 1/4 cup of lime juice, 4 avocados are used.
So, the ratio is 1/4 cup lime juice : 4 avocados.
Since Desiree plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, we can set up the following equation:
(1/4 cup lime juice) / (4 avocados) = (1 cup lime juice) / (x avocados)
To solve for x, we need to cross multiply and then divide:
1/4 * x = 1 * 4
1/4 * x = 4
x = 16
Therefore, Desiree needs 16 avocados for 1 cup of lime juice.
To find out how many avocados Desiree needs, we need to set up a proportion based on the given information.
The proportion can be set up as:
1/4 cup lime juice : 4 avocados = 1 cup lime juice : x avocados
Since we want to find the value of x, which represents the number of avocados, we can solve this proportion using cross-multiplication.
(1/4) / 4 = (1) / x
To eliminate the fractions, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 4x:
x = 4 * (1/4)
Simplifying the expression, we have:
x = 1
Therefore, Desiree needs 1 avocado for her guacamole recipe.