An 8-ounce bag of rice noodles makes 7 servings. At that rate, find how many ounces of noodles are needed for 16 servings, to the nearest ounce.
To find how many ounces of noodles are needed for 16 servings, we can set up a proportion. Since we know that an 8-ounce bag makes 7 servings, we can set up the proportion:
8 ounces / 7 servings = x ounces / 16 servings
Cross multiply to solve for x:
7 * x = 8 * 16
7 * x = 128
Divide both sides by 7 to solve for x:
x = 128 / 7
x ≈ 18.286
Rounding to the nearest ounce, we find that approximately 18 ounces of noodles are needed for 16 servings.