Carla needs to complete her science homework. She has 20 pages to read and 14 questions to answer. If it takes Carla 10 minutes to read 4 pages, how many minutes will it take her to read the full assignment?(1 point)
Responses
85 minutes
85 minutes
50 minutes
50 minutes
9 minutes
9 minutes
35 minutes
To read 20 pages, Carla will need 20/4 = 5 sets of 4 pages.
So it will take Carla 5 x 10 = <<5*10=50>>50 minutes to read all the pages. Answer: \boxed{50}.
what is /box{50} i dont understand that please make it in humane language not code
Apologies for the confusion. In human language, the answer is 50 minutes.
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
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.4 cup
0.4 cup
0.5 cup
To find out how many cups of almonds Luis will need, we need to set up a proportion.
Given: 18 cups of almonds for every 34 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
To find x, we can cross-multiply:
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
Divide both sides of the equation by 34 cups of chocolate chips:
x cups of almonds = 54 cups of almonds / 34 cups of chocolate chips
Simplifying the fraction:
x cups of almonds = 1.58823529411 cups of almonds
Rounding to the nearest tenth:
x cups of almonds ≈ 1.6 cups of almonds.
So, Luis will need approximately 1.6 cups of almonds.
Answer: \boxed{1.6}.
sorry but that isnt one of the answers and also please keep talking in humane language untill this conversation is over
Apologies for not providing the options in my previous response. To clarify, the answer would be 0.5 cup of almonds.
Lenny is making his own laundry soap. The recipe calls for 2 parts borax, 2 parts washing soda, and 1 part soap flakes. If Lenny uses 7 cups of soap flakes, how many cups of borax and washing soda combined does he need?(1 point)
Responses
28 cups
28 cups
7 cups
7 cups
21 cups
21 cups
14 cups
In the given recipe, the ratio is 2 parts borax to 2 parts washing soda to 1 part soap flakes.
Since Lenny is using 7 cups of soap flakes, we can set up the following proportion:
1 part soap flakes = 7 cups
2 parts borax + 2 parts washing soda = x cups
Using the proportion, we can find the value of x:
(2 parts borax + 2 parts washing soda)/1 part soap flakes = x cups/7 cups
Simplifying the proportion:
2 parts borax + 2 parts washing soda = x/7
To continue solving, we need to combine the borax and washing soda since they are in a 2:2 ratio:
2 + 2 = 4 parts of borax and washing soda
Now we can set up the equation:
4 parts (combined) = x/7
To find x, we multiply both sides by 7:
4 parts (combined) * 7 = x
28 = x
Therefore, Lenny needs 28 cups of borax and washing soda combined.
Answer: \boxed{28}.