Luis is making chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 1/8 cup of almonds for every 3/4 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
0.5 cup
0.5 cup
18.0 cups
18.0 cups
0.8 cup
0.8 cup
0.4 cup
The ratio of almonds to chocolate chips is 1/8 cup for every 3/4 cup.
To find out how many cups of almonds are needed for 3 cups of chocolate chips, we can set up a proportion:
(1/8 cup of almonds) / (3/4 cup of chocolate chips) = x / 3 cups of chocolate chips
Cross multiply:
(1/8) * (3) = (3/4) * x
1/8 = (3/4) * x
Multiply both sides by 8/1:
8/8 * (1/8) = (3/4) * (8/1)
1/8 = 24/4
1/8 = 6
So, Luis will need 0.4 cup of almonds.
The correct answer is 0.4 cup.