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
If Desiree needs 1/4 cup of lime juice for every 4 avocados, then for 1 cup of lime juice, she would need 4 times the amount of avocados, which is 4 * 4 = <<4*4=16>>16 avocados. Answer: \boxed{16}.
ok? Rubio decides he is going to walk to his friend's house, which is 1 mile from his house. He can walk at a pace of 2/3 mile in 16 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take him to get to his friend’s house
If Rubio can walk at a pace of 2/3 mile in 16 minutes, then we can set up a proportion to find out how long it will take him to walk 1 mile.
We have the following proportion:
(2/3 mile) / (16 minutes) = 1 mile / x minutes
Cross multiplying, we get:
2/3 * x = 1 * 16
Simplifying:
2x/3 = 16
Multiplying both sides by 3/2:
2x = 3 * 16
2x = 48
Dividing both sides by 2:
x = 24
Therefore, it will take him 24 minutes to walk to his friend's house. Answer: \boxed{24}.
To determine how many avocados Desiree needs, we can set up a proportion based on the given ratio. The ratio states that for every 1/4 cup of lime juice, there are 4 avocados.
Let's assign variables to the unknowns:
Let x be the number of avocados Desiree needs.
Let y be the amount of lime juice in cups.
Now we can set up the proportion:
(1/4 cup lime juice) / (4 avocados) = (y cup lime juice) / (x avocados)
To solve for x, we first need to determine the value of y using the given information. It's stated that Desiree plans to use 1 cup of lime juice, so y = 1 cup.
Substituting the values, we have:
(1/4) / 4 = 1 / x
To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
(1/4) * x = 4 * 1
Simplifying, we get:
x/4 = 4
To isolate x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 4:
x = 4 * 4
Therefore, Desiree will need 16 avocados to make the guacamole.